# Cryptography

The Cryptography plugin is a collection of Cryptography functions:

### Encryption

**Encrypt**\
To encrypt text or binary data.

**Decrypt**\
To decrypt data encrypted by the Encrypt function.

### Hash, MAC and random numbers

**GenerateHash**\
To compute a Base64-encoded hash for the input data using the specified hashing algorithm.

**GenerateHMAC**\
To generate a MAC (message authentication code) using a cryptographic hash algorithm and a secret cryptographic key.

GenerateRandom\
To generate a specified number of random bytes.

### JSON Web Token (JWT)

**CreateJWT**\
To create a new JSON Web Token (JWT).

**VerifyJWT**\
To verify a JSON Web Token (JWT).

### Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)

**CreateECDSAKeys**\
To create a new Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) public/private key pair.

**GenerateECDSASignature**\
To sign data using an Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) private key.

**VerifyECDSASignature**\
To verify a digital signature against the specified Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) public key.

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## Links

[Cryptography License](/reference/plugins/overview/license.md)


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