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PK_CryptoSystem Class Reference

abstract base class for public-key encryptors and decryptors. More...

#include <cryptlib.h>

Inheritance diagram for PK_CryptoSystem:

PK_Decryptor PK_Encryptor PK_FixedLengthCryptoSystem BlumGoldwasserPrivateKey ECDecryptor PK_FixedLengthDecryptor BlumGoldwasserPublicKey PK_FixedLengthEncryptor CryptoSystemBaseTemplate PK_FixedLengthDecryptor PK_FixedLengthEncryptor List of all members.

Public Methods

virtual ~PK_CryptoSystem ()
virtual unsigned int MaxPlainTextLength (unsigned int cipherTextLength)const=0
 maximum length of plaintext for a given ciphertext length.

virtual unsigned int CipherTextLength (unsigned int plainTextLength)const=0
 calculate length of ciphertext given length of plaintext.

Detailed Description

abstract base class for public-key encryptors and decryptors.

This class provides an interface common to encryptors and decryptors for querying their plaintext and ciphertext lengths.

Definition at line 460 of file cryptlib.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PK_CryptoSystem::~PK_CryptoSystem ( ) [inline, virtual]
 

Definition at line 464 of file cryptlib.h.

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