Clarify Barrier encryption defaults.

Declare the defaults in the comments to be what they are now (256 bit
key and default golang NONCE value). Make the key error message more
precise since. It isn't between 16 and 32, it is 16 OR 32.
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Aaron Bedra 2015-04-15 18:24:23 -05:00
parent 381aa0f7af
commit 95c37c1c4d
1 changed files with 5 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ type barrierInit struct {
Key []byte // Key is the primary encryption key
}
// AESGCMBarrier is a SecurityBarrier implementation that
// uses a 128bit AES encryption cipher with the Galois Counter Mode.
// AES-GCM is high performance, and provides both confidentiality
// AESGCMBarrier is a SecurityBarrier implementation that uses the AES
// cipher core and the Galois Counter Mode block mode. It defaults to
// the golang NONCE default value of 12 and a key size of 256
// bit. AES-GCM is high performance, and provides both confidentiality
// and integrity.
type AESGCMBarrier struct {
backend physical.Backend
@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func (b *AESGCMBarrier) Initialize(key []byte) error {
// Verify the key size
min, max := b.KeyLength()
if len(key) < min || len(key) > max {
return fmt.Errorf("Key size must be between [%d, %d]", min, max)
return fmt.Errorf("Key size must be %d or %d", min, max)
}
// Check if already initialized