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setkey
Defines the key used for encrypting blocks of text.
Syntax
void setkey (key)
char *key;
Parameters
key A pointer to a character string that contains the
encryption key.
Return Values
None.
Description
The setkey function provides primitive access to the hashing algorithm
used by crypt(). It is used in conjunction with encrypt to first prime
the machine and then encrypt a block of text.
The argument of setkey is an 8-byte character array treated as a 64-bit
binary number. The string is divided into groups of 8 bits, and the
low-order bit in each group is ignored. This gives a 56-bit key that is
used to prime the NBS Data Encryption Standard encryption algorithm.
This is the key that is used with the hashing algorithm to encrypt the
string block with the encrypt function.
See Also
crypt(), encrypt()