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diff --git a/doc/gcrypt.texi b/doc/gcrypt.texi index 907f7bb2..fa32a3ab 100644 --- a/doc/gcrypt.texi +++ b/doc/gcrypt.texi @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This manual is for Libgcrypt (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}), which is GNU's library of cryptographic building blocks. -Copyright @copyright{} 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright @copyright{} 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ Cipher Block Chaining mode. Stream mode, only to be used with stream cipher algorithms. @item GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_OFB -Outer Feedback mode. +Output Feedback mode. @item GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_CTR Counter mode. @@ -1347,8 +1347,12 @@ an algorithm into the according numeric ID. The cipher mode to use must be specified via @var{mode}. See @xref{Available cipher modes}, for a list of supported cipher modes -and the according constants. Note, that some modes do not work -together with all algorithms. +and the according constants. Note that some modes are incompatible +with some algorithms - in particular, stream mode +(GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_STREAM) only works with stream ciphers. Any block +cipher mode (GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_ECB, GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_CBC, +GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_CFB, GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_OFB or GCRY_CIPHER_MODE_CTR) +will work with any block cipher algorithm. The third argument @var{flags} can either be passed as @code{0} or as the bit-wise OR of the following constants. |