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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_c_decrypt Decrypt encrypted data

krb5_c_encrypt_length Get the length of encrypted data

krb5_c_encrypt -- Encrypt data 

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code krb5_c_encrypt (
        krb5_context            context,
        const krb5_keyblock     *key,
        krb5_keyusage           usage,
        const krb5_data         *ivec,
        const krb5_data         *input,
        krb5_enc_data           *output );

Arguments 

context (input/output)		The context structure.
key (input)		The key value from a keytab, ticket, etc.
usage (input)		A salt value.
ivec (input)		Input vector.
input (input)		The data to be encrypted.
output (output)		The encrypted data.

Description 

This routine encrypts data with the given key.

Return Values 

This routine returns the following KRB5 status code:

KRB5_BAD_ENCTYPE

Bad encryption type.

krb5_c_decrypt Decrypt encrypted data

krb5_c_encrypt_length Get the length of encrypted data