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diff --git a/doc/manual/cryptobox.rst b/doc/manual/cryptobox.rst index ea77eee5a..a3a0d02b0 100644 --- a/doc/manual/cryptobox.rst +++ b/doc/manual/cryptobox.rst @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ This is a set of simple routines that encrypt some data using a passphrase. There are defined in the header `cryptobox.h`, inside namespace `Botan::CryptoBox`. +It generates cipher and MAC keys using 8192 iterations of PBKDF2 with +HMAC(SHA-512), then encrypts using Serpent in CTR mode and authenticates using a +HMAC(SHA-512) mac of the ciphertext, truncated to 160 bits. + .. cpp:function:: std::string encrypt(const byte input[], size_t input_len, \ const std::string& passphrase, \ RandomNumberGenerator& rng) |