Crate aead

Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) traits

This crate provides an abstract interface for AEAD ciphers, which guarantee both confidentiality and integrity, even from a powerful attacker who is able to execute chosen-ciphertext attacks. The resulting security property, ciphertext indistinguishability, is considered a basic requirement for modern cryptographic implementations.

See RustCrypto/AEADs for cipher implementations which use this trait.

Re-exports

• pub use generic_array;

Modules

• consts
  Type aliases for many constants.

Structs

• Error
  Error type.
• Payload
  AEAD payloads are a combination of a message (plaintext or ciphertext) and “additional associated data” (AAD) to be authenticated (in cleartext) along with the message.

Traits

• Aead
  Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) algorithm.
• AeadCore
  Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) algorithm core trait.
• AeadInPlace
  In-place stateless AEAD trait.
• AeadMut
  Stateful Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data algorithm.
• AeadMutInPlace
  In-place stateful AEAD trait.
• Buffer
  In-place encryption/decryption byte buffers.
• NewAead
  Instantiate either a stateless Aead or stateful AeadMut algorithm.

Type Definitions

• Key
  Key for a NewAead algorithm
• Nonce
  Nonce: single-use value for ensuring ciphertexts are unique
• Result
  Result type alias with Error.
• Tag
  Tag: authentication code which ensures ciphertexts are authentic