BSD Ports

security/mcrypt 2.6.8nb4 NetBSD

Replacement to crypt(1), supports many crypto algorithms

System
NetBSD
Repository
pkgsrc
Maintainer
[email protected]
Categories
security, devel
Package size
51.3 KiB, 148.4 KiB installed

Description

Mcrypt:

mcrypt is intended to be a replacement of the old unix crypt(1) under the GNU General Public License. Unix Crypt(1) was a popular(?) file encryption program in unix boxes. It was based on the enigma encryption algorithm but it was considerable trivialized. Since this was not adequate, even for individual privacy needs, I decided to create a similar program using some modern block encryption algorithms. Mcrypt also has a compatibility mode with unix crypt(1) and with solaris des(1). It supports all the algorithms and modes found in libmcrypt and it is very extendable. At the time writing this, it supports the algorithms: BLOWFISH, TWOFISH, DES, TripleDES, 3-WAY, SAFER, LOKI97, GOST, RC2, RC6, MARS, IDEA, RIJNDAEL, SERPENT, CAST, ARCFOUR and WAKE. Block algorithms are implemented in modes: CFB, CBC, ECB, OFB (8 bit and n bit, where n is the size of the algorithm's block length). For a brief description of the algorithms and the modes look at the mcrypt manpage (this may be out of date). In mcrypt it is on the user to decide which algorithm he considers best for encrypting his data.

In the other systems

SystemPortVersion
NetBSDsecurity/mcrypt2.6.8nb4
OpenBSDsecurity/mcrypt2.6.8p8
DragonFlysecurity/mcrypt2.6.8_4
MidnightBSDsecurity/mcrypt2.6.8_5

Install

Binary package:

pkgin install mcrypt

From pkgsrc:

cd /usr/pkgsrc/security/mcrypt && make install clean

Dependencies

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No port depends on this one.