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Class cryptix.provider.cipher.RC2

java.lang.Object
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   +----java.security.IJCE_Traceable
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           +----java.security.Cipher
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                   +----cryptix.provider.cipher.RC2

public final class RC2
extends Cipher
implements SymmetricCipher
A subclass of Cipher to implement the RC2 (TM) block cipher algorithm in Java.

The source code (C version) from which this port was done, and (most of) the programming notes, are by P. Gutmann (pgut01@cs.auckland.ac.nz) -- as obtained from Usenet.

Eric Young (eay@mincom.oz.au) implementation, also based on Gutmann's work, and included in Eric's colossal SSL library ver 0.6.6 14 Jan 1997, was also used for the initial key data and the computation of the session key schedule. Code to tailor the session key for a specified length in bits is included in this Java implementation but is crippled (commented out). The current code behaves as if the session key is fixed at 1024-bit.

The RC2 algorithm is word (16-bit entity) oriented, operating on a block of 64 bits (or 8 Java bytes) divided into four words, with a key table of 64 words.

RC2 (TM) was designed by Ron Rivest, and was previously a trade secret of RSA Data Security, Inc. The algorithm has since been published as an RFC [reference?]. The name "RC2" is a trademark of RSA Data Security, Inc.

Copyright © 1997 Systemics Ltd on behalf of the Cryptix Development Team.
All rights reserved.

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:
Raif S. Naffah

Variable Index

 o BLOCK_SIZE
The block size, in bytes, of this cipher.

Constructor Index

 o RC2()
Constructs an RC2 cipher object, in the UNINITIALIZED state.

Method Index

 o clone()
Always throws a CloneNotSupportedException (cloning of ciphers is not supported for security reasons).
 o engineBlockSize()
SPI: Returns the length of an input block, in bytes.
 o engineInitDecrypt(Key)
SPI: Initializes this cipher for decryption, using the specified key.
 o engineInitEncrypt(Key)
SPI: Initializes this cipher for encryption, using the specified key.
 o engineUpdate(byte[], int, int, byte[], int)
SPI: This is the main engine method for updating data.
 o finalize()
Cleans up resources used by this instance, if necessary.
 o getLinkStatus()
Gets an object representing the native linking status of this class.

Variables

 o BLOCK_SIZE
 public static final int BLOCK_SIZE
The block size, in bytes, of this cipher.

Constructors

 o RC2
 public RC2()
Constructs an RC2 cipher object, in the UNINITIALIZED state. This calls the Cipher constructor with implBuffering false, implPadding false and the provider set to "Cryptix".

See Also:
UNINITIALIZED

Methods

 o getLinkStatus
 public static LinkStatus getLinkStatus()
Gets an object representing the native linking status of this class.

 o finalize
 protected final void finalize()
Cleans up resources used by this instance, if necessary.

Overrides:
finalize in class Object
 o clone
 public final Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException
Always throws a CloneNotSupportedException (cloning of ciphers is not supported for security reasons).

Overrides:
clone in class Cipher
 o engineBlockSize
 public int engineBlockSize()
SPI: Returns the length of an input block, in bytes.

Returns:
the length in bytes of an input block for this cipher.
Overrides:
engineBlockSize in class Cipher
 o engineInitEncrypt
 public void engineInitEncrypt(Key key) throws KeyException
SPI: Initializes this cipher for encryption, using the specified key.

Parameters:
key - the key to use for encryption.
Throws: KeyException
if the key is invalid.
Overrides:
engineInitEncrypt in class Cipher
 o engineInitDecrypt
 public void engineInitDecrypt(Key key) throws KeyException
SPI: Initializes this cipher for decryption, using the specified key.

Parameters:
key - the key to use for decryption.
Throws: KeyException
if the key is invalid.
Overrides:
engineInitDecrypt in class Cipher
 o engineUpdate
 protected int engineUpdate(byte in[],
                            int inOffset,
                            int inLen,
                            byte out[],
                            int outOffset)
SPI: This is the main engine method for updating data.

in and out may be the same array, and the input and output regions may overlap.

Parameters:
in - the input data.
inOffset - the offset into in specifying where the data starts.
inLen - the length of the subarray.
out - the output array.
outOffset - the offset indicating where to start writing into the out array.
Returns:
the number of bytes written.
Throws: CryptixException
if the native library is being used, and it reports an error.
Overrides:
engineUpdate in class Cipher

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