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+.Dd January 19, 1997
+.Dt ENCRYPT 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm encrypt, setkey
+.Nd encrypt 64-bit messages
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libcrypt
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn encrypt "char block[64]" "int edflag"
+.In stdlib.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn setkey "const char *key"
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn encrypt 
+and 
+.Fn setkey
+functions do not return any value.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn encrypt()
+function encrypts and decrypts 64-bit messages. The algorithm used to perform 
+encryption/decryption is Data Encryption Standard (DES).
+.Pp
+.Fn setkey()
+is invoked to set the key for the DES machine.
+.Fn setkey()'
+s
+.Fn key
+parameter is an array of 64 bytes, and the numerical value of each byte in this
+array is either 0 or 1. The 56-bit key for the DES algorithm is computed from the
+.Fn key
+parameter.
+.Pp
+.Fn encrypt
+function either encrypts or decrypts the data block. The exact operation depends 
+on the value of 
+.Fn edflag
+parameter. 
+.Fn block
+is encrypted if 
+.Fn edflag
+parameter is 0, and decrypted if 1 is being passed as the value of 
+.Fn edflag 
+parameter. 
+.Fn block
+is an array of 64 bytes, wherein the numerical value of each byte is either 0 or 1.
+Like the 
+.Fn setkey'
+s
+.Fn key 
+parameter, 
+.Fn block 
+is a bit vector representation of the actual value that is encoded. It is modified in place
+to return the result.
+.Pp
+.Fn encrypt
+and
+.Fn setkey
+are not reentrant as the key is stored statically.
+
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn errno
+should be set to zero prior to calling any of the above functions. The behavior of
+.Fn encrypt
+will be undefined if size of
+.Fn block
+argument is not 64.
+.Sh EXAMPLE
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void encrypt_user()
+{
+	/* bit vector containing the key */
+	char key[64] = 
+	{
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+			0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+			1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
+			0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+			1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1,
+			1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+			0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1,
+			0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0
+	};
+
+	/* bit vector containing the data block to be encrypted */
+	char block[64] = 
+	{
+		0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0,
+		1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1,
+		1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+		0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1,
+		1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0
+	};
+
+	setkey(key);		/* Set the key for DES encryption */
+	
+	/* Perform encryption/decryption of the message block */
+	encrypt(block, 0);	/* Encryption. The input block is modified in place
+					 * to return the output to the user
+					 */
+
+	encrypt(block, 1);	/* Decryption. The input block is modified in place
+					 * to return the result of the decryption operation
+					 */
+}
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Sh HISTORY
+.Sh BUGS
+If 
+.Fn encrypt
+is called without priorly invoking 
+.Fn setkey
+the implementation assumes a bit vector consisting of all zeroes as the key
+for the DES algorithm. In this scenaro the outcome of 
+.Fn encrypt
+function is different from that of Linux's.