Re: [boost] [cryptography] is there a library?

Subject: Re: [boost] [cryptography] is there a library?
From: Jens Weller (JensWeller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-30 04:45:30

> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2013 um 04:29 Uhr
> Von: "Michael Marcin" <mike.marcin_at_[hidden]>
> An: boost_at_[hidden]
> Betreff: [boost] [cryptography] is there a library?
>
> I'm writing to an API that requires:
> 
> "The language selected must also include a key generator and encrypt and 
> decrypt API. The only messages that are not encrypted are error 
> messages. The encryption and decryption algorithms are not configurable. 
> Make sure the encrypt and decrypt API supports the algorithms in use. 
> The current algorithm in use is Password-Based Key Definition (PBKDF2) 
> to generate the key from a given password, iteration count and salt 
> value. DESede + CBC + PKCS5 v2.0 is then used with the key to encrypt 
> and decrypt the message."
> 
> Is there such a library hiding in or around boost somewhere?

Not in boost, but POCO has a set of encryption classes, and it shares the license with boost.

kind regards,

Jens Weller