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diff --git a/lib/libcrypt/descrypt.3 b/lib/libcrypt/descrypt.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c028b19 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libcrypt/descrypt.3 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.\" FreeSec: libcrypt for NetBSD +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 David Burren +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of other contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros +.\" +.Dd January 19, 1997 +.Dt DES 3 +.Os "FreeSec 1.0" +.Sh NAME +.Nm des +.Nd Trapdoor encryption +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp +The +.Fa salt +introduces disorder in the +.Tn DES +algorithm in one of 16777216 or 4096 possible ways +(ie. with 24 or 12 bits: if bit +.Em i +of the +.Ar salt +is set, then bits +.Em i +and +.Em i+24 +are swapped in the +.Tn DES +E-box output). +.Pp +The DES key is used to encrypt a 64-bit constant using +.Ar count +iterations of +.Tn DES . +The value returned is a +.Dv null Ns -terminated +string, 20 or 13 bytes (plus null) in length, consisting of the +.Ar salt +followed by the encoded 64-bit encryption. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr crypt 3 +.Sh AVAILABILITY +.Pp +DES Crypt is only available if it has been added. It is not available +by default. +.Sh HISTORY +A rotor-based +.Fn crypt +function appeared in +.At v6 . +The current style +.Fn crypt +first appeared in +.At v7 . +.Pp +The DES section of the code (FreeSec 1.0) was developed outside the United +States of America as an unencumbered replacement for the U.S.-only NetBSD +libcrypt encryption library. +Users should be aware that this code (and programs staticly linked with it) +may not be exported from the U.S., although it apparently can be imported. +.Sh AUTHORS +David Burren <davidb@werj.com.au> |