aes

Documentation

Overview

Package aes implements AES encryption (formerly Rijndael), as defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 197.

Index

• Constants
• func NewCipher(key []byte) (cipher.Block, error)
• type KeySizeError
  • func (k KeySizeError) Error() string

Constants

const BlockSize = 16

The AES block size in bytes.

Functions

func NewCipher

func NewCipher(key []byte) (cipher.Block, error)

NewCipher creates and returns a new cipher.Block. The key argument should be the AES key, either 16, 24, or 32 bytes to select AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256.

Types

type KeySizeError

type KeySizeError int

func (KeySizeError) Error

func (k KeySizeError) Error() string