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Expand Up @@ -1346,8 +1346,9 @@ option is not required but can be used to set the length of the authentication
tag that will be returned by `getAuthTag()` and defaults to 16 bytes.

The `algorithm` is dependent on OpenSSL, examples are `'aes192'`, etc. On
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
available cipher algorithms.
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list -cipher-algorithms`
(`openssl list-cipher-algorithms` for older versions of OpenSSL) will
display the available cipher algorithms.

The `password` is used to derive the cipher key and initialization vector (IV).
The value must be either a `'latin1'` encoded string, a [`Buffer`][], a
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1399,8 +1400,9 @@ option is not required but can be used to set the length of the authentication
tag that will be returned by `getAuthTag()` and defaults to 16 bytes.

The `algorithm` is dependent on OpenSSL, examples are `'aes192'`, etc. On
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
available cipher algorithms.
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list -cipher-algorithms`
(`openssl list-cipher-algorithms` for older versions of OpenSSL) will
display the available cipher algorithms.

The `key` is the raw key used by the `algorithm` and `iv` is an
[initialization vector][]. Both arguments must be `'utf8'` encoded strings,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1496,8 +1498,9 @@ option is not required but can be used to restrict accepted authentication tags
to those with the specified length.

The `algorithm` is dependent on OpenSSL, examples are `'aes192'`, etc. On
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
available cipher algorithms.
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list -cipher-algorithms`
(`openssl list-cipher-algorithms` for older versions of OpenSSL) will
display the available cipher algorithms.

The `key` is the raw key used by the `algorithm` and `iv` is an
[initialization vector][]. Both arguments must be `'utf8'` encoded strings,
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