1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Kernel Crypto API"><link rel="up" href="API.html" title="Chapter 5. Programming Interface"><link rel="prev" href="API-struct-aead-request.html" title="struct aead_request"><link rel="next" href="API-struct-crypto-alg.html" title="struct crypto_alg"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-struct-aead-request.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 5. Programming Interface</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-struct-crypto-alg.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="idp1097402164"></a>Block Cipher Algorithm Definitions</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-crypto-alg.html"><span class="phrase">struct crypto_alg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 2 definition of a cryptograpic cipher algorithm 3 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-ablkcipher-alg.html"><span class="phrase">struct ablkcipher_alg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 4 asynchronous block cipher definition 5 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-aead-alg.html"><span class="phrase">struct aead_alg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 6 AEAD cipher definition 7 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-blkcipher-alg.html"><span class="phrase">struct blkcipher_alg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 8 synchronous block cipher definition 9 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-cipher-alg.html"><span class="phrase">struct cipher_alg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 10 single-block symmetric ciphers definition 11 </span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="API-struct-rng-alg.html"><span class="phrase">struct rng_alg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 12 random number generator definition 13 </span></dt></dl></div><p> 14 </p><p> 15 These data structures define modular crypto algorithm implementations, 16 managed via <code class="function">crypto_register_alg</code> and <code class="function">crypto_unregister_alg</code>. 17</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-struct-aead-request.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="API.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="API-struct-crypto-alg.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><span class="phrase">struct aead_request</span> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="phrase">struct crypto_alg</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html> 18