Author: Manuel Lemos
Updated on: 2021-02-13
Posted on: 2021-02-13
Viewers: 157 (February 2021)
Package: PHP Keyak
The Keyak algorithm goes farther than many other algorithms by providing means to also authenticate the encrypted data.
This allows the recipient of the encrypted data to verify the authenticity of that data when it tries to decrypt the encrypted data that was received.
This package implements a pure PHP based solution to implement the Keyak algorithm to encrypt and decrypt data.
About the PHP Keyak Package
The package PHP Keyak is one of the few PHP packages that was considered notable recently because it does something that is worth paying attention.
The basic purpose is: Encrypt and decrypt authenticated data using Keyak
Here follows in more detail what it does:
This class can encrypt and decrypt authenticated data using Keyak algorithm.
It can take as parameters secret key value and metadata values that are authenticated and string value that is encrypted by the class to generate cipher text and an authenticating tag.
The class can also use the secret key to decrypt the generated cipher text and the authenticating tag to verify the data is authentic.
Conclusion
The PHP Keyak can be downloaded from download page or be installed using the PHP Composer tool following instructions in the Composer install instructions page.
This package was considered notable for implementing its benefits in a way that is worth noticing.
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