Crypto++: free C++ Class Library of Cryptographic Schemes
Version 8.5 - March 7, 2021
Crypto++ Library is a free C++ class library of cryptographic schemes.
Currently the library contains the following algorithms:
algorithm type name
authenticated encryption schemes GCM, CCM, EAX, ChaCha20Poly1305 and
XChaCha20Poly1305
high speed stream ciphers ChaCha (8/12/20), ChaCha (IETF), Panama, Salsa20,
Sosemanuk, XSalsa20, XChaCha20
AES and AES candidates AES (Rijndael), RC6, MARS, Twofish, Serpent,
CAST-256
ARIA, Blowfish, Camellia, CHAM, HIGHT, IDEA,
Kalyna (128/256/512), LEA, SEED, RC5, SHACAL-2,
other block ciphers SIMON (64/128), Skipjack, SPECK (64/128),
Simeck, SM4, Threefish (256/512/1024),
Triple-DES (DES-EDE2 and DES-EDE3), TEA, XTEA
block cipher modes of operation ECB, CBC, CBC ciphertext stealing (CTS),
CFB, OFB, counter mode (CTR), XTS
message authentication codes BLAKE2s, BLAKE2b, CMAC, CBC-MAC, DMAC, GMAC, HMAC,
Poly1305, Poly1305 (IETF), SipHash, Two-Track-MAC,
VMAC
BLAKE2s, BLAKE2b, Keccack (F1600), SHA-1,
hash functions SHA-2 (224/256/384/512), SHA-3 (224/256/384/512),
SHAKE (128/256), SipHash, SM3, Tiger,
RIPEMD (128/160/256/320), WHIRLPOOL
RSA, DSA, Deterministic DSA, ElGamal,
public-key cryptography Nyberg-Rueppel (NR), Rabin-Williams (RW), LUC,
LUCELG, EC-based German Digital Signature (ECGDSA),
DLIES (variants of DHAES), ESIGN
padding schemes for public-key PKCS#1 v2.0, OAEP, PSS, PSSR, IEEE P1363
systems EMSA2 and EMSA5
Diffie-Hellman (DH), Unified Diffie-Hellman (DH2),
key agreement schemes Menezes-Qu-Vanstone (MQV), Hashed MQV (HMQV),
Fully Hashed MQV (FHMQV), LUCDIF, XTR-DH
elliptic curve cryptography ECDSA, Deterministic ECDSA, ed25519, ECNR, ECIES,
ECDH, ECMQV, x25519
insecure or obsolescent MD2, MD4, MD5, Panama Hash, DES, ARC4, SEAL
algorithms retained for backwards 3.0, WAKE-OFB, DESX (DES-XEX3), RC2,
compatibility and historical SAFER, 3-WAY, GOST, SHARK, CAST-128, Square
value
Other features include:
* pseudo random number generators (PRNG): ANSI X9.17 appendix C, RandomPool,
DARN, VIA Padlock, RDRAND, RDSEED, NIST Hash and HMAC DRBGs
* password based key derivation functions: PBKDF1 and PBKDF2 from PKCS #5,
PBKDF from PKCS #12 appendix B, HKDF from RFC 5869, Scrypt from RFC 7914
* Shamir's secret sharing scheme and Rabin's information dispersal algorithm
(IDA)
* fast multi-precision integer (bignum) and polynomial operations
* finite field arithmetics, including GF(p) and GF(2^n)
* prime number generation and verification
* useful non-cryptographic algorithms
+ DEFLATE (RFC 1951) compression/decompression with gzip (RFC 1952) and
zlib (RFC 1950) format support
+ Hex, base-32, base-64, URL safe base-64 encoding and decoding
+ 32-bit CRC, CRC-C and Adler32 checksum
* class wrappers for these platform and operating system features (optional):
+ high resolution timers on Windows, Unix, and Mac OS
+ /dev/random, /dev/urandom, /dev/srandom
+ Microsoft's CryptGenRandom or BCryptGenRandom on Windows
* A high level interface for most of the above, using a filter/pipeline
metaphor
* benchmarks and validation testing
* x86, x64 (x86-64), x32 (ILP32), ARM-32, Aarch32, Aarch64 and Power8 in-core code
for the commonly used algorithms
+ run-time CPU feature detection and code selection
+ supports GCC-style and MSVC-style inline assembly, and MASM for x64
+ x86, x64 (x86-64), x32 provides MMX, SSE2, and SSE4 implementations
+ ARM-32, Aarch32 and Aarch64 provides NEON, ASIMD and ARMv8 implementations
+ Power8 provides in-core AES using NX Crypto Acceleration
The Crypto++ library was originally written by Wei Dai. The library is now
maintained by several team members and the community. You are welcome to use it
for any purpose without paying anyone, but see License.txt for the fine print.
The following compilers are supported for this release. Please visit
http://www.cryptopp.com the most up to date build instructions and porting notes.
* Visual Studio 2003 - 2019
* GCC 3.3 - 10.1
* Apple Clang 4.3 - 12.0
* LLVM Clang 2.9 - 11.0
* C++ Builder 2015
* Intel C++ Compiler 9 - 16.0
* Sun Studio 12u1 - 12.6
* IBM XL C/C++ 10.0 - 14.0
*** Important Usage Notes ***
1. If a constructor for A takes a pointer to an object B (except primitive
types such as int and char), then A owns B and will delete B at A's
destruction. If a constructor for A takes a reference to an object B,
then the caller retains ownership of B and should not destroy it until
A no longer needs it.
2. Crypto++ is thread safe at the class level. This means you can use
Crypto++ safely in a multithreaded application, but you must provide
synchronization when multiple threads access a common Crypto++ object.
*** MSVC-Specific Information ***
To compile Crypto++ with MSVC, open "cryptest.sln" (for MSVC 2003 - 2015)
and build one or more of the following projects:
cryptest Non-DLL-Import Configuration - This builds the full static library
along with a full test driver.
cryptest DLL-Import Configuration - This builds a static library containing
only algorithms not in the DLL, along with a full test driver that uses
both the DLL and the static library.
cryptdll - This builds the DLL. Please note that if you wish to use Crypto++
as a FIPS validated module, you must use a pre-built DLL that has undergone
the FIPS validation process instead of building your own.
dlltest - This builds a sample application that only uses the DLL.
The DLL used to provide FIPS validated cryptography. The library was moved
to the CMVP's <A HREF=
"http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-historical.htm">
Historical Validation List</A>. The library and the DLL are no longer considered
validated. You should no longer use the DLL.
To use the Crypto++ DLL in your application, #include "dll.h" before including
any other Crypto++ header files, and place the DLL in the same directory as
your .exe file. dll.h includes the line #pragma comment(lib, "cryptopp")
so you don't have to explicitly list the import library in your project
settings. To use a static library form of Crypto++, make the "cryptlib"
project a dependency of your application project, or specify it as
an additional library to link with in your project settings.
In either case you should check the compiler options to
make sure that the library and your application are using the same C++
run-time libraries and calling conventions.
*** DLL Memory Management ***
Because it's possible for the Crypto++ DLL to delete objects allocated
by the calling application, they must use the same C++ memory heap. Three
methods are provided to achieve this.
1. The calling application can tell Crypto++ what heap to use. This method
is required when the calling application uses a non-standard heap.
2. Crypto++ can tell the calling application what heap to use. This method
is required when