+/** \def tdea_enc
+ * \brief defining an alias for void tdes_enc(void* out, const void* in, const void* key)
+ */
+
+/** \def tdea_dec
+ * \brief defining an alias for void tdes_dec(void* out, const void* in, const void* key)
+ */
+
+#define tdea_enc tdes_enc
+#define tdea_dec tdes_dec
+
+/** \fn void des_enc(void* out, const void* in, const void* key)
+ * \brief encrypt a block with DES
+ *
+ * This function encrypts a block of 64 bits (8 bytes) with the DES algorithm.
+ * Key expansion is done automatically. The key is 64 bits long, but note that
+ * only 56 bits are used (the LSB of each byte is droped). The input and output
+ * blocks may overlap.
+ *
+ * \param out pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the ciphertext is written to
+ * \param in pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the plaintext is read from
+ * \param key pointer to the key (64 bit = 8 byte)
+ */
+void des_enc(void* out, const void* in, const void* key);
+
+/** \fn void des_dec(void* out, const void* in, const void* key)
+ * \brief decrypt a block with DES
+ *
+ * This function decrypts a block of 64 bits (8 bytes) with the DES algorithm.
+ * Key expansion is done automatically. The key is 64 bits long, but note that
+ * only 56 bits are used (the LSB of each byte is droped). The input and output
+ * blocks may overlap.
+ *
+ * \param out pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the plaintext is written to
+ * \param in pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the ciphertext is read from
+ * \param key pointer to the key (64 bit = 8 byte)
+ */
+void des_dec(void* out, const void* in, const void* key);
+
+/** \fn void tdes_enc(void* out, const void* in, const void* key)
+ * \brief encrypt a block with Tripple-DES
+ *
+ * This function encrypts a block of 64 bits (8 bytes) with the Tripple-DES (EDE)
+ * algorithm. Key expansion is done automatically. The key is 192 bits long, but
+ * note that only 178 bits are used (the LSB of each byte is droped). The input
+ * and output blocks may overlap.
+ *
+ * \param out pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the ciphertext is written to
+ * \param in pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the plaintext is read from
+ * \param key pointer to the key (192 bit = 24 byte)
+ */
+void tdes_enc(void* out, const void* in, const void* key);
+
+/** \fn void tdes_dec(void* out, const void* in, const void* key)
+ * \brief decrypt a block with Tripple-DES
+ *
+ * This function decrypts a block of 64 bits (8 bytes) with the Tripple-DES (EDE)
+ * algorithm. Key expansion is done automatically. The key is 192 bits long, but
+ * note that only 178 bits are used (the LSB of each byte is droped). The input
+ * and output blocks may overlap.
+ *
+ * \param out pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the plaintext is written to
+ * \param in pointer to the block (64 bit = 8 byte) where the ciphertext is read from
+ * \param key pointer to the key (192 bit = 24 byte)
+ */
+ void tdes_dec(void* out, const void* in, const void* key);