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diff --git a/secure/lib/libdes/README b/secure/lib/libdes/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3264c2f --- /dev/null +++ b/secure/lib/libdes/README @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ + + libdes, Version 3.21 21/11/95 + + Copyright (c) 1995, Eric Young + All rights reserved. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms specified in COPYRIGHT. + +-- +The primary ftp site for this library is +ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/DES/libdes-x.xx.tar.gz +libdes is now also shipped with SSLeay. Primary ftp site of +ftp://ftp.psy.uq.oz.au/pub/Crypto/SSL/SSLeay-x.xx.tar.gz + +The best way to build this library is to build it as part of SSLeay. + +This kit builds a DES encryption library and a DES encryption program. +It supports ecb, cbc, ofb, cfb, triple ecb, triple cbc, triple ofb, +triple cfb, and MIT's pcbc encryption modes and also has a fast +implementation of crypt(3). +It contains support routines to read keys from a terminal, +generate a random key, generate a key from an arbitrary length string, +read/write encrypted data from/to a file descriptor. + +The implementation was written so as to conform with the manual entry +for the des_crypt(3) library routines from MIT's project Athena. + +destest should be run after compilation to test the des routines. +rpw should be run after compilation to test the read password routines. +The des program is a replacement for the sun des command. I believe it +conforms to the sun version. + +The Imakefile is setup for use in the kerberos distribution. + +These routines are best compiled with gcc or any other good +optimising compiler. +Just turn you optimiser up to the highest settings and run destest +after the build to make sure everything works. + +I believe these routines are close to the fastest and most portable DES +routines that use small lookup tables (4.5k) that are publicly available. +The fcrypt routine is faster than ufc's fcrypt (when compiling with +gcc2 -O2) on the sparc 2 (1410 vs 1270) but is not so good on other machines +(on a sun3/260 168 vs 336). It is a function of CPU on chip cache size. + +Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au or eay@psych.psy.uq.oz.au) + |
