EVP_CIPHER-CAST(7ossl)

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version 15.1 · 3 versions
, in freebsd 15.1

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to EVP_CIPHER-CAST(7ossl) — the page for The CAST EVP_CIPHER implementations. This is the CAST symmetric encryption support that rides on the EVP_CIPHER API, and yes, it’s kind of iconic. ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

It’s giving “CAST symmetric encryption using the EVP_CIPHER API,” and that’s the whole main character moment. 💖

🔐 Algorithm Names 🔐

The following algorithms are available in the legacy provider:

  • "CAST-128-CBC", "CAST-192-CBC" and "CAST-256-CBC"
  • "CAST-128-CFB", "CAST-192-CFB", "CAST-256-CFB"
  • "CAST-128-ECB", "CAST-192-ECB" and "CAST-256-ECB"
  • "CAST-192-OFB", "CAST-128-OFB" and "CAST-256-OFB"

🎛️ Parameters 🎛️

This implementation supports the parameters described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_EncryptInit(3). That’s the tea, fr fr. 🫖🫶

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Copyright 2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 👑

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 🧚

mwah 💋 this was OpenSSL 3.5.6, dated 2026-04-07 — EVP_CIPHER-CAST(7ossl) signing off, periodt. 🌈💅

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