INNER CODE UNIT · Python

decap_secret

open-quantum-safe/liboqs-python · oqs/oqs.py:537

    def decap_secret(self, ciphertext: Union[int, bytes]) -> bytes:
        """
        Decapsulate the ciphertext and returns the secret.

        :param ciphertext: the ciphertext received from the peer.
        """
        c_ciphertext = ct.create_string_buffer(
            ciphertext,
            self._kem.contents.length_ciphertext,
        )
        shared_secret: ct.Array[ct.c_char] = ct.create_string_buffer(
            self._kem.contents.length_shared_secret,
        )
        rv = native().OQS_KEM_decaps(
            self._kem,
            ct.byref(shared_secret),
            c_ciphertext,
            self.secret_key,

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