EVP_CIPHER-RC2(7ossl)

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version 3.5.9 · 8 versions
, in alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24

💅 EVP_CIPHER-RC2 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the EVP_CIPHER-RC2 page — that's page 7ossl in the OpenSSL manual set, if you're keeping track of the little numbers in the corner 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

EVP_CIPHER-RC2 — the whole entire RC2 EVP_CIPHER implementation situation. that's it, that's the vibe 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so like, this is the support for RC2 symmetric encryption, and it all runs through the EVP_CIPHER API. classic, iconic, does exactly what it says on the tin 💖

🎀 Algorithm Names 🎀

these are the algorithms you can actually use, and heads up — they live in the legacy provider (iykyk, we'll get to that in SEE ALSO):

  • "RC2-CBC", "RC2" or "RC2-128"
  • "RC2-40-CBC" or "RC2-40"
  • "RC2-64-CBC" or "RC2-64"
  • "RC2-ECB"
  • "RC2-CFB"
  • "RC2-OFB"

no cap, that's all six lines of them. memorize the aliases, they WILL come up 🫶

🧚 Parameters 🧚

this implementation supports the parameters described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_EncryptInit(3). so like, go read that one, that's where the actual parameter tea is ☕

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go click around, it's giving "required reading" but make it fun ⭐

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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>.

fr fr read the license before you go copying stuff, it's not optional bestie 💀

and that's the whole page, periodt 💅 this was OpenSSL 3.5.9, dated 2026-09-29 — catch you on the next manpage, mwah 🍓💖

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