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.\" $OpenBSD: blowfish.3,v 1.12 2003/08/28 12:35:00 jmc Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: blowfish.3,v 1.13 2005/07/17 08:50:55 jaredy Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> |
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.\" All rights reserved. |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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.Pa Blowfish |
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is a fast unpatented block cipher designed by Bruce Schneier. |
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It basically consists of a 16 times iterated Feistel network. |
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The block size is 64 bit and the maximum key size is 448 bit. |
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It basically consists of a 16-round Feistel network. |
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The block size is 64 bits and the maximum key size is 448 bits. |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Fn blf_key |
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function initializes the 4 8bit S-boxes and the 18 Subkeys with |
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function initializes the 4 8-bit S-boxes and the 18 Subkeys with |
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the hexadecimal digits of Pi. |
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The key is used for further randomization. |
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The first argument to |
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