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sslkeysize

sslkeysize


Purpose
Get the size of the key required by a symmetric cipher.
Synopsis
function sslkeysize(cipalg:string):integer
Argument
cipalg 
Name of the cipher to consider
Return value
Size of a key in bytes or -1 if the cipher is not supported.
Further information
This function returns the length (in bytes) of an encryption key required by a given symmetric cipher algorithm. A return value of -1 indicates that the algorithm name has not been recognised: this property can be used to check whether a given algorithm is available.
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