iaik.security.cipher

Class SerpentKeyGenerator

java.lang.Object

javax.crypto.KeyGeneratorSpi

iaik.security.cipher.VarLengthKeyGenerator

iaik.security.cipher.SerpentKeyGenerator

public class SerpentKeyGenerator
extends VarLengthKeyGenerator

This class provides the functionality of KeyGenerator for generating keys to be used by the Serpent cipher.

An application uses

 KeyGenerator key_gen = KeyGenerator.getInstance("Serpent");
 

for creating a KeyGenerator object for the Serpent algorithm. For actually generating the requested secret key from the KeyGenerator object just created, an application calls the generateKey method after having initialized the generator with some random seed or relied on the default system-provided source of randomness:

 SecretKey new_key = key_gen.generateKey();
 

Version:

File Revision 6

See Also:

KeyGenerator, KeyGeneratorSpi, SecretKey, SecretKey, Serpent

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SerpentKeyGenerator() Creates a new Serpent key generator.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class iaik.security.cipher.VarLengthKeyGenerator

engineGenerateKey, engineInit, engineInit, engineInit

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SerpentKeyGenerator

public SerpentKeyGenerator()

Creates a new Serpent key generator. The name for the generated key is Serpent, length is either 128, 192, or 256 bit.