Libgcrypt
Libgcrypt
https://www.gnu.org/software/libgcrypt/
Cryptographic library
This is a general purpose cryptographic library based on the code from GnuPG. It provides functions for all cryptograhic building blocks: symmetric ciphers (AES, DES, Blowfish, CAST5, Twofish, Arcfour), hash algorithms (MD4, MD5, RIPE-MD160, SHA-1, TIGER-192), MACs (HMAC for all hash algorithms), public key algorithms (RSA, ElGamal, DSA), large integer functions, random numbers and a lot of supporting functions.
Documentation
Programmer reference in Texinfo, Postscript, HTML included
This is a GNU package:libgcrypt
Download
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.5.tar.gz
version 1.7.5
(stable)
released on 15 December 2016
Paid support
Paid extension/consulting from http://www.g10code.comVCS Checkout
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| License:LGPLv2.1orlater | Genium | 25 February 2016 | library |
| License:GPLv2orlater | Genium | 25 February 2016 | manual and tools |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Werner Koch | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bugs | Bug Tracking | https://bugs.gnupg.org/gnupg/index |
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=summary |
| Developer | mailto:gcrypt-devel@gnupg.org | |
| Help | mailto:gnupg-announce@gnupg.org |
Software prerequisites
This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 22 December 2016.
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