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[delinka]

Deprecated in favor of what? This post talks about a compatibility layer between app source code and OpenSSL.

[jws → delinka]

Common Crypto contains functions for

• Hashing: MD5, SHA1, SHA2

• HMAC (hash based message authentication) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash-based_message_authenticati...

• PBKDF2 (password to key) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2

• Symmetric Encryption: AES, DES, 3DES, CAST, RC4, RC2, and Blowfish. (The algorithm selection is poorly documented in the man pages, I'm reading source here.)

It has an API that would not surprise anyone who has used a similar library.

It is open source, APSL 2.0. You can read it here: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CommonCrypto/

[nrank → delinka]

It's only deprecated in the sense that Apple are no longer going to supply it. You can either switch to CommonCrypto (if it's appropriate) or bring your own OpenSSL.

[doe88 → delinka]

See WWDC 2011 session 212 slide 50.