Class Cipher

Namespace

Renci.SshNet.Security.Cryptography

Assembly

Renci.SshNet.dll

Base class for cipher implementation.

public abstract class Cipher

Inheritance

object

Cipher

Derived

SymmetricCipher

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Constructors

Cipher()

protected Cipher()

Properties

MinimumSize

Gets the minimum data size.

public abstract byte MinimumSize { get; }

Property Value

byte

The minimum data size.

TagSize

Gets the size of the authentication tag for ciphers which implement Authenticated Encryption (AE).

public virtual int TagSize { get; }

Property Value

int

When this Cipher implements Authenticated Encryption, the size, in bytes, of the authentication tag included in the encrypted message.

Methods

Decrypt(byte[])

Decrypts the specified input.

public byte[] Decrypt(byte[] input)

Parameters

input byte[]

The input.

Returns

byte[]

The decrypted data.

Decrypt(byte[], int, int)

Decrypts the specified input.

public abstract byte[] Decrypt(byte[] input, int offset, int length)

Parameters

input byte[]

The input.

offset int

The zero-based offset in input at which to begin decrypting.

length int

The number of bytes to decrypt from input.

Returns

byte[]

The decrypted data.

Encrypt(byte[])

Encrypts the specified input.

public byte[] Encrypt(byte[] input)

Parameters

input byte[]

The input.

Returns

byte[]

Encrypted data.

Encrypt(byte[], int, int)

Encrypts the specified input.

public abstract byte[] Encrypt(byte[] input, int offset, int length)

Parameters

input byte[]

The input.

offset int

The zero-based offset in input at which to begin encrypting.

length int

The number of bytes to encrypt from input.

Returns

byte[]

The encrypted data.