gcry_cipher_decrypt usage

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Thu Apr 7 09:28:04 CEST 2011


On Wed,  6 Apr 2011 20:35, news at edrusb.is-a-geek.org said:

> In other words, when a buffer of ciphered data is given to
> gcry_cipher_decrypt, how is it possible to know the amount of clear text
> data that has been produced?

That depends on the cipher mode.  Almost all modes return the same
number of bytes as you put in.  Can you please give a more explicit
example?


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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