Type property
Selects the algorithm to be used for encryption, decryption, digest, etc...
Type
A
CryptoTypes enumeration. Type of algorithm to use to encrypt/decrypt/hash/sign/verify data.
Syntax
object.Type [= value]
The Type(object,value) syntax has these parts:
| object | An expression evaluating to an object of type wodCrypt. |
| value | A CryptoTypes enumeration, as described in settings. |
Remarks
| Constant | Value | Description |
| DES | 0 | DES |
| TripleDES | 1 | TripleDES. |
| AES | 2 | AES. |
| AES192 | 3 | AES192. |
| AES256 | 4 | AES256. |
| Blowfish | 5 | Blowfish. |
| Cast | 6 | Cast. |
| RC2 | 7 | RC2. |
| RC4 | 8 | RC4. |
| RC5 | 9 | RC5. |
| UNIXcrypt | 10 | UNIX crypt command.Often referred as crypt(1). |
| UNIXcrypt3 | 11 | UNIX crypt C function. Often referred as crypt(3). |
| MD5 | 100 | MD5. |
| SHA1 | 101 | SHA1. |
| SHA256 | 102 | SHA256. |
| SHA512 | 103 | SHA512. |
| SHA384 | 104 | SHA384. |
| CRC16 | 105 | CRC16. |
| CRC32 | 106 | CRC32. |
| RSA | 1000 | RSA (RSA+MD5 if digest is needed, such as in Sign/Verify). |
| DSA | 1001 | DSA (DSA+MD5 if digest is needed, such as in Sign/Verify). |
| RSA+SHA1 | 1101 | RSA+SHA1. |
| DSA+SHA1 | 1102 | DSA+SHA1. |
| None | 65535 | No encryption involved. Data is just passed to output blob. Can be used for compression on the fly. |
The Type property places an algorithm in scope, to be used with next wodCrypt method. For example, if you want to encrypt data using the
AES protocol, you must set
Type = AES
before you perform the encryption.
Even though all supported algorithms are listed in the Type property, not all can be used with every wodCrypt method. For example, you cannot create a hash value using
AES - because
AES is a symmetric algorithm used for encrypting and decrypting blocks of data. If you try to do this, an error will be generated.
Platforms
Windows
