DecryptRequest

DecryptResponse

Purpose

A DecryptRequest instructs a decryption engine instance to decrypt data as the internal identity corresponding to that engine instance.

A DecryptResponse contains the data decrypted by a decryption engine instance in response to a DecryptRequest.

Type

DecryptRequest DecryptResponse

Behavior

• Uses the decrypt method on the corresponding Decryptor to decrypt the ciphertext
  • Depending on the backend, this may involve I/O to an external device.
• Returns the commitment in a DecryptResponse.

Message flow

sequenceDiagram

%% --8<-- [start:sequence]
Any Local Engine ->>+ DecryptionEngine: DecryptRequest
DecryptionEngine -->>- Any Local Engine: DecryptResponse
%% --8<-- [end:sequence]