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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/blowfish.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/blowfish.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c64ccb68 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/blowfish.3 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: blowfish.3,v 1.24 2021/11/29 01:04:45 djm Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 29 2021 $ +.Dt BLF_KEY 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm blf_key , +.Nm blf_enc , +.Nm blf_dec , +.Nm blf_ecb_encrypt , +.Nm blf_ecb_decrypt , +.Nm blf_cbc_encrypt , +.Nm blf_cbc_decrypt +.Nd Blowfish encryption +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In blf.h +.Ft void +.Fn blf_key "blf_ctx *state" "const u_int8_t *key" "u_int16_t keylen" +.Ft void +.Fn blf_enc "blf_ctx *state" "u_int32_t *data" "u_int16_t blocks" +.Ft void +.Fn blf_dec "blf_ctx *state" "u_int32_t *data" "u_int16_t blocks" +.Ft void +.Fn blf_ecb_encrypt "blf_ctx *state" "u_int8_t *data" "u_int32_t datalen" +.Ft void +.Fn blf_ecb_decrypt "blf_ctx *state" "u_int8_t *data" "u_int32_t datalen" +.Ft void +.Fn blf_cbc_encrypt "blf_ctx *state" "u_int8_t *iv" "u_int8_t *data" "u_int32_t datalen" +.Ft void +.Fn blf_cbc_decrypt "blf_ctx *state" "u_int8_t *iv" "u_int8_t *data" "u_int32_t datalen" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Em Blowfish +is a fast unpatented block cipher designed by Bruce Schneier. +It basically consists of a 16-round Feistel network. +The block size is 64 bits and the maximum key size is 448 bits. +.Pp +The +.Fn blf_key +function initializes the 4 8-bit S-boxes and the 18 Subkeys with +the hexadecimal digits of Pi. +The key is used for further randomization. +The first argument to +.Fn blf_enc +is the initialized state derived from +.Fn blf_key . +The stream of 32-bit words is encrypted in Electronic Codebook +Mode (ECB) and +.Fa blocks +is the number of 64-bit blocks in the stream. +.Fn blf_dec +is used for decrypting Blowfish encrypted blocks. +.Pp +The functions +.Fn blf_ecb_encrypt +and +.Fn blf_ecb_decrypt +are used for encrypting and decrypting octet streams in ECB mode. +The functions +.Fn blf_cbc_encrypt +and +.Fn blf_cbc_decrypt +are used for encrypting and decrypting octet streams in +Cipherblock Chaining Mode (CBC). +For these functions +.Fa datalen +specifies the number of octets of data to encrypt or decrypt. +It must be a multiple of 8 (64-bit block). +The initialisation vector +.Fa iv +points to an 8-byte buffer. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr passwd 1 , +.Xr crypt 3 , +.Xr passwd 5 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Niels Provos Aq Mt provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de |
