Document the maximum number of bytes for crypto_stream_aes256estream*()

abort() if these functions are misused.
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Frank Denis 2014-08-04 20:15:07 -07:00
parent ed76b41369
commit 88de46b6ae
2 changed files with 12 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#define __ECRYPT_SYNC__
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
typedef uint8_t u8;
typedef uint32_t u32;
@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ typedef struct ECRYPT_ctx
#pragma pack(pop)
#define ECRYPT_encrypt_bytes(ctx, plaintext, ciphertext, msglen) \
ECRYPT_process_bytes(0, ctx, plaintext, ciphertext, msglen)
do { \
if (msglen > 0xffffffff) { \
abort(); \
} \
ECRYPT_process_bytes(0, ctx, plaintext, ciphertext, msglen); \
} while(0)
#endif

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* provide any security against active attacks.
* Furthermore, this implementation was not part of NaCl.
*
* If you are looking for a stream cipher, you might consider crypto_stream_chacha20
* or crypto_stream_(x)salsa20 which are timing-attack resistant instead.
* If you are looking for a stream cipher, you should consider crypto_stream_chacha20
* or crypto_stream_(x)salsa20, which are timing-attacks resistant.
*
* But unless you know what you're doing, what you are looking for is probably
* And unless you know what you're doing, what you are looking for is probably
* the crypto_box or crypto_secretbox functions.
*
* The maximum number of bytes these functions can generate/encrypt is 2^32 - 1.
*/
#include <stddef.h>