EncryptionAlgorithm Property

The encryption algorithm to use for encrypting the data.

Syntax

 symmetriccrypto.getEncryptionAlgorithm([callback])
 symmetriccrypto.setEncryptionAlgorithm( encryptionAlgorithm, [callback])

Default Value

"AES256"

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getEncryptionAlgorithm([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setEncryptionAlgorithm([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

This property specifies the base symmetric algorithm to use (e.g. AES128). Use it in conjunction with Mode to set up the complete encryption scheme (such as AES128-CBC or AES128-GCM).

Data Type

String