Newbie question on EVP API

Hi! I'm new to openssl. I've got two questions on EVP API: 1. What do EVP_EncryptInit_ex and EVP_CipherInit_ex differ with? When should I use encrypt/decrypt and when cipher? 2. Where can I read about cipher modes? There are several modes for each cipher on

Re: Newbie question on EVP API

Alexey Luchko l...@ank-sia.com writes: I'm new to openssl. I've got two questions on EVP API: 1. What do EVP_EncryptInit_ex and EVP_CipherInit_ex differ with? When should I use encrypt/decrypt and when cipher? If you look at the source, EVP_EncryptInit_ex/EVP_DecryptInit_ex are just