use_aead Property

Whether to use AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Additional Data).

Syntax

def get_use_aead() -> bool: ...
def set_use_aead(value: bool) -> None: ...

use_aead = property(get_use_aead, set_use_aead)

Default Value

FALSE

Remarks

If this property is set to True the class uses the algorithm AEAD_CHACHA20_POLY1305 as defined in RFC 7539 to construct a message using AEAD. See encrypt and decrypt for details.