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- CRYPT C Library Procedures CRYPT
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- NNAAMMEE
- crypt, setkey, encrypt - DES encryption
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- cchhaarr **ccrryypptt((kkeeyy,, ssaalltt))
- cchhaarr **kkeeyy,, **ssaalltt;;
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- sseettkkeeyy((kkeeyy))
- cchhaarr **kkeeyy;;
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- eennccrryypptt((bblloocckk,, eeddffllaagg))
- cchhaarr **bblloocckk;;
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- _C_r_y_p_t is the password encryption routine. It is based on
- the NBS Data Encryption Standard, with variations intended
- (among other things) to frustrate use of hardware implemen-
- tations of the DES for key search.
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- The first argument to _c_r_y_p_t is normally a user's typed pass-
- word. The second is a 2-character string chosen from the
- set [a-zA-Z0-9./]. The _s_a_l_t string is used to perturb the
- DES algorithm in one of 4096 different ways, after which the
- password is used as the key to encrypt repeatedly a constant
- string. The returned value points to the encrypted pass-
- word, in the same alphabet as the salt. The first two char-
- acters are the salt itself.
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- The other entries provide (rather primitive) access to the
- actual DES algorithm. The argument of _s_e_t_k_e_y is a character
- array of length 64 containing only the characters with
- numerical value 0 and 1. If this string is divided into
- groups of 8, the low-order bit in each group is ignored,
- leading to a 56-bit key which is set into the machine.
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- The argument to the _e_n_c_r_y_p_t entry is likewise a character
- array of length 64 containing 0's and 1's. The argument
- array is modified in place to a similar array representing
- the bits of the argument after having been subjected to the
- DES algorithm using the key set by _s_e_t_k_e_y. If _e_d_f_l_a_g is 0,
- the argument is encrypted; if non-zero, it is decrypted.
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- passwd(1), passwd(5), login(1), getpass(3)
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- BBUUGGSS
- The return value points to static data whose content is
- overwritten by each call.
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