AdditionalAuthData Property

Additional Authentication Data (AAD) used when UseAEAD is True.

Syntax

 chacha.getAdditionalAuthData([callback])
 chacha.setAdditionalAuthData( additionalAuthData_Buffer, [callback])

Default Value

""

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 getAdditionalAuthData([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, buffer){ }

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

'buffer' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setAdditionalAuthData([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 data that is authentication but not encrypted. This is only applicable when UseAEAD is True.

Note that AAD data is authenticated but not encrypted, so it is not included in the output.

Data Type

Buffer