Selects the algorithm to be used for encryption, decryption, digest, etc...

A CryptoTypes enumeration.  Type of algorithm to use to encrypt/decrypt/hash/sign/verify data.

object.Type [= value]

The Type Property syntax has these parts:

The settings for value are:

Constant		Value	Description
	DES	0	DES
	TripleDES	1	TripleDES.
	AES	2	AES.
	AES192	3	AES192.
	AES256	4	AES256.
	Blowfish	5	Blowfish.
	Cast	6	Cast.
	RC2	7	RC2.
	RC4	8	RC4.
	RC5	9	RC5.
	UNIXcrypt	10	UNIX crypt command. Often referred as crypt(1).
	UNIXcrypt3	11	UNIX crypt C function. Often referred as crypt(3).
	MD5	100	MD5.
	SHA1	101	SHA1.
	SHA256	102	SHA256.
	SHA512	103	SHA512.
	SHA384	104	SHA384.
	CRC16	105	CRC16.
	CRC32	106	CRC32.
	RSA	1000	RSA (RSA+MD5 if digest is needed, such as in Sign/Verify).
	DSA	1001	DSA (DSA+MD5 if digest is needed, such as in Sign/Verify).
	RSA+SHA1	1101	RSA+SHA1.
	DSA+SHA1	1102	DSA+SHA1.
	None	65535	No encryption involved. Data is just passed to output blob. Can be used for compression on the fly.

The Type property places an algorithm in scope, to be used with next wodCrypt method. For example, if you want to encrypt data using the AES protocol, you must set

Type = AES

before you perform the encryption.

Even though all supported algorithms are listed in the Type property, not all can be used with every wodCrypt method. For example, you cannot create a hash value using AES - because AES is a symmetric algorithm used for encrypting and decrypting blocks of data. If you try to do this, an error will be generated.