symmetric_key Class Reference

Symmetric encryption key with associated salt. More...

#include <encryption.hpp>

Public Types
enum	{ key_size = 32 , salt_size = 32 }
	Size in octets of key an salt.
enum	{ min_iterations = 100000 }

Public Member Functions
	operator bool () const
std::vector< uint8_t > const &	salt () const
std::string	to_base64 (bool pad=true) const
std::vector< uint8_t >	encrypt_key (fz::public_key const &kek)
std::vector< uint8_t > const &	key () const

Static Public Member Functions
static symmetric_key	generate ()
	Generates a random symmetric key.
static symmetric_key	from_password (std::vector< uint8_t > const &password, std::vector< uint8_t > const &salt, unsigned int iterations=min_iterations)
	Derives a symmetric key using PBKDF2-SHA256 from the given password and salt. More...
static symmetric_key	from_password (std::string_view const &password, std::vector< uint8_t > const &salt, unsigned int iterations=min_iterations)
static symmetric_key	from_base64 (std::string_view const &base64)
static symmetric_key	from_base64 (std::wstring_view const &base64)
static symmetric_key	decrypt_key (std::vector< uint8_t > const &encrypted, fz::private_key const &kek)
static size_t	encryption_overhead ()

Detailed Description

Symmetric encryption key with associated salt.

Member Function Documentation

from_password()

static symmetric_key from_password ( std::vector< uint8_t > const &  password, std::vector< uint8_t > const &  salt, unsigned int  iterations = min_iterations  )

static

Derives a symmetric key using PBKDF2-SHA256 from the given password and salt.

Parameters

iterations

cannot be smaller than min_iterations

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• encryption.hpp