[fpc-pascal]Re: encryption library

[Tom Verhoeff]

>> Does FPC have an encryption library?

I contributed a unit for AES to www.FreePascal.org.  You can also find it at

	<http://www.win.tue.nl/~wstomv/software/AES-Rijndael/>

However, this unit is not a genuine crypto library for two reasons:

  1.  It provides the basic encrypt/decrypt block operations
      in Electronic Codebook Mode only.

      In order to use AES in practice, one needs to operate it
      in a mode that is appropriate for the desired service.  Also see

	<http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/modes/>

  2.  The implementation is more aimed at clarity than speed.  It does
      feature some techniques for speed (table lookup instead of computation).

It may serve as a good starting point.

Regards,

	Tom Verhoeff