Bug 175

Summary:	app-crypt/libmcrypt-2.4.19.ebuild
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christian Rubbert <ceed>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Geert Bevin <gbevin>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	EBUILD
Priority:	High
Version:	1.0 RC6 r14
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://mcrypt.hellug.gr/#_libmcrypt
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	176
Attachments:	libmcrypt-2.4.19.ebuild

Description Christian Rubbert 2002-01-15 08:25:45 UTC

From the website:

libmcrypt is the library which implements all the algorithms and modes found in
mcrypt. It is currently under development but it seems to work pretty good.
Unlike most encryption libraries libmcrypt does not have everything (random
number generators, hashes, hmac implementation, key exchange, public key
encryption etc.).
Libmcrypt only implements an interface to access block and stream encryption
algorithms. It's purpose was to assist in the development of mcrypt by providing
a uniform interface to access several different encryption algorithms, so that
the main program is independent of the encryption algorithms and the modes used.

Libmcrypt supports the algorithms:
BLOWFISH, TWOFISH, DES, TripleDES, 3-WAY, SAFER-sk64, SAFER-sk128, SAFER+,
LOKI97, GOST, RC2, RC6, MARS, IDEA, RIJNDAEL-128 (AES), RIJNDAEL-192,
RIJNDAEL-256, SERPENT, CAST-128 (known as CAST5), CAST-256, ARCFOUR and WAKE.
Block algorithms can be used in: CBC, ECB, CFB and OFB (8 bit and n bit, where n
is the size of the algorithm's block length).

This is pretty useful in PHP when trying to protect data.

--ceed

Comment 1 Christian Rubbert 2002-01-15 08:26:12 UTC

Created attachment 60 [details]
libmcrypt-2.4.19.ebuild

Comment 2 Mikael Hallendal (hallski) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-01-15 08:45:11 UTC

if this is a library dev-libs would probably be a better category.

Comment 3 Geert Bevin 2002-01-16 04:14:08 UTC

cleaned up and committed