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* Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
* All rights reserved.
* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
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*
* Initial Contributors:
* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
*
* Contributors:
*
* Description:
* ** IMPORTANT ** PublishedPartner API's in this file are published to 3rd party developers via the
* Symbian website. Changes to these API's should be treated as PublishedAll API changes and the Security TA should be consulted.
* RC4 implementation
*
*/
/**
@file
@publishedPartner
@released
*/
#ifndef __ARC4_H__
#define __ARC4_H__
#include <streamcipher.h>
#ifndef SYMBIAN_ENABLE_SPLIT_HEADERS
/** The size of the substitution box (i.e. lookup table) in bytes. */
const TInt KSBoxSize = 256;
#endif
/** Maximum ARC4 key size in bytes. */
const TInt KMaxARC4KeyBytes = 256; //2048 bits
/** Number of bytes to discard by default from an ARC4 key stream. */
const TUint KDefaultDiscardBytes = 768;
/**
* Implements an RC4-compatible stream cipher that outputs a pseudorandom stream
* of bits, having been initialised with a key.
*
*/
class CARC4 : public CStreamCipher
{
public:
/**
* Constructs an instance of a CARC4 object, and initialises it with a key and
* (optionally) the number of initial bytes to discard. Defaults to 256.
*
* The number of dropped bytes <b>must</b> be agreed with the other
* party, with which information is to be exchanged, prior to encipherment.
*
* @note Several papers have been published indicating that there are weaknesses
* in the first bytes of an ARC4 byte stream. A search for "ARC4
* discard" should find these papers. Recommended practice is to drop the first
* KDefaultDiscardBytes bytes of the key stream.
*
* @param aKey The key to use. aKey must be less than or equal to
* KRC4MaxKeySizeBytes.
* @param aDiscardBytes The number of bytes to drop from the beginning of the key
* stream.
* @return A pointer to the new CARC4 object.
*
* @leave KErrKeyNotWeakEnough If the key size is larger than that allowed by the
* cipher strength restrictions of the crypto library.
* See TCrypto::IsSymmetricWeakEnoughL()
*/
IMPORT_C static CARC4* NewL(const TDesC8& aKey,
TUint aDiscardBytes = KDefaultDiscardBytes);
/**
* Constructs an instance of a CARC4 object, and initialises it with a key and
* (optionally) the number of initial bytes to discard. Defaults to 256.
*
* The number of dropped bytes <b>must</b> be agreed with the other
* party, with which information is to be exchanged, prior to encipherment.
*
* @see CARC4::NewL()
*
* @param aKey The key to use. aKey must be less than or equal to
* KRC4MaxKeySizeBytes.
* @param aDiscardBytes The number of bytes to drop from the beginning of the key
* stream.
* @return A pointer to the new CARC4 object.
*
* @leave KErrKeyNotWeakEnough If the key size is larger than that allowed by the
* cipher strength restrictions of the crypto library.
* See TCrypto::IsSymmetricWeakEnoughL()
*/
IMPORT_C static CARC4* NewLC(const TDesC8& aKey,
TUint aDiscardBytes = KDefaultDiscardBytes);
public:
virtual void Reset(void);
virtual TInt KeySize(void) const;
protected:
/**
* Performs an ARC4 encryption or decryption on supplied data.
*
* @note ARC4 encryption and decryption are symmetrical.
*
* @param aData On input, data to be transformed;
* on return, transformed data.
*/
virtual void DoProcess(TDes8& aData);
/** @internalComponent */
CARC4();
};
#endif // __ARC4_H__