decrypt


Description:

public virtual DecryptResult decrypt (DecryptFlags flags, string? session_key, Stream istream, Stream ostream) throws Error

Decrypts the ciphertext input stream and writes the resulting cleartext to the output stream.

When non-null, session_key should be a null-terminated string, such as the one returned by get_session_key from a previous decryption. If the session_key is not valid, decryption will fail.

If the encrypted input stream was also signed, the returned DecryptResult will have a non-null list of signatures, each with a SignatureStatus (among other details about each signature).

On success, the returned DecryptResult will contain a list of certificates, one for each recipient, that the original encrypted stream was encrypted to.

Note: It *may* be possible to maliciously design an encrypted stream such that recursively decrypting it will result in an endless loop, causing a denial of service attack on your application.

Parameters:

this

a CryptoContext

flags

a set of DecryptFlags

session_key

the session key to use or null

istream

input/ciphertext stream

ostream

output/cleartext stream

Returns:

a DecryptResult on success or null on error.




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