X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/catacomb/blobdiff_plain/fe6657c961b01ec72e9f35f4c3d96b11b31cf09c..45c0fd363937c6e9b05da04a9167e9912c05ca0c:/README.cipher diff --git a/README.cipher b/README.cipher index 46293c8..b4a3f56 100644 --- a/README.cipher +++ b/README.cipher @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Block cipher interface There are a number of block ciphers implemented, all with extremely similar interfaces. However, block ciphers aren't actually at all pleasant to use directly. They're really - intended to be used only by higher-level `modes'. + intended to be used only by higher-level `modes'. Anyway, I'll take Bruce Schneier's Blowfish as an example. @@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ Block cipher interface The `type' Simply N if specific macros for handling blocks of the appropriate width have been written, or X if the macros should use a loop instead. - + The `endianness' Either `B' for big-endian, or `L' for little- endian. - + The `width' The cipher's block size in bits. This simple interface is thoroughly inconvenient for general