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diff --git a/crypt.h b/crypt.h
index 5e25748c..9623a003 100644
--- a/crypt.h
+++ b/crypt.h
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2005 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
- *
- * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
- */
+/* Copyright (C) 2005 Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>, see file COPYING. */
 
 /** \file crypt.h Public crypto interface. */
 
+/*
+ * Asymmetric pubkey cryptosystem (apc).
+ *
+ * This is just RSA, but this fact is a hidden implementation detail.
+ */
 
-/* These are used to distinguish between loading of private/public key. */
-
-/** The key to load is a public key. */
-#define LOAD_PUBLIC_KEY 0
-/** The key to load is a private key. */
-#define LOAD_PRIVATE_KEY 1
 /** The size of the challenge sent to the client. */
-#define CHALLENGE_SIZE 64
+#define APC_CHALLENGE_SIZE 64
 
 /** Opaque structure for public and private keys. */
 struct asymmetric_key;
@@ -29,7 +24,7 @@ struct asymmetric_key;
  *
  * \return The size of the encrypted data on success, negative on errors.
  */
-int pub_encrypt(struct asymmetric_key *pub, unsigned char *inbuf,
+int apc_pub_encrypt(struct asymmetric_key *pub, unsigned char *inbuf,
 		unsigned len, unsigned char *outbuf);
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +39,7 @@ int pub_encrypt(struct asymmetric_key *pub, unsigned char *inbuf,
  *
  * \return The size of the recovered plaintext on success, negative on errors.
  */
-int priv_decrypt(const char *key_file, unsigned char *outbuf,
+int apc_priv_decrypt(const char *key_file, unsigned char *outbuf,
 		unsigned char *inbuf, int inlen);
 
 /**
@@ -55,17 +50,17 @@ int priv_decrypt(const char *key_file, unsigned char *outbuf,
  *
  * \return The size of the key on success, negative on errors.
  */
-int get_public_key(const char *key_file, struct asymmetric_key **result);
+int apc_get_pubkey(const char *key_file, struct asymmetric_key **result);
 
 /**
  * Deallocate a public key.
  *
  * \param key Pointer to the key structure to free.
  *
- * This should be called for keys obtained by get_public_key() if the key is no
+ * This should be called for keys obtained by \ref apc_get_pubkey() if the key is no
  * longer needed.
  */
-void free_public_key(struct asymmetric_key *key);
+void apc_free_pubkey(struct asymmetric_key *key);
 
 
 /**
@@ -82,17 +77,20 @@ void free_public_key(struct asymmetric_key *key);
 void get_random_bytes_or_die(unsigned char *buf, int num);
 
 /**
- * Seed pseudo random number generators.
+ * Initialize the crypto backend.
  *
- * This function seeds the PRNG used by random() with a random seed obtained
- * from the crypto implementation. On errors, an error message is logged and
- * the function calls exit().
+ * This function initializes the crypto library and seeds the pseudo random
+ * number generator used by random() with a random seed obtained from the
+ * crypto implementation. On errors, an error message is logged and the
+ * function calls exit().
  *
  * \sa \ref get_random_bytes_or_die(), srandom(3), random(3), \ref
  * para_random().
  */
-void init_random_seed_or_die(void);
+void crypt_init(void);
 
+/** Allocate all resources of the crypto backend. */
+void crypt_shutdown(void);
 
 /** Opaque structure for stream ciphers. */
 struct stream_cipher;
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ _static_inline_ void sc_trafo(struct iovec *src, struct iovec *dst,
 /**
  * Deallocate a stream cipher structure.
  *
- * \param sc A stream cipher previously obtained by sc_new().
+ * \param sc A stream cipher previously obtained by \ref sc_new().
  */
 void sc_free(struct stream_cipher *sc);
 
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ void hash_function(const char *data, unsigned long len, unsigned char *hash);
  * will be filled by the function with the ascii representation of the hash
  * value given by \a hash, and a terminating \p NULL byte.
  */
-void hash_to_asc(unsigned char *hash, char *asc);
+void hash_to_asc(const unsigned char *hash, char *asc);
 
 /**
  * Compare two hashes.
@@ -201,4 +199,4 @@ void hash_to_asc(unsigned char *hash, char *asc);
  * \return 1, -1, or zero, depending on whether \a h1 is greater than,
  * less than or equal to h2, respectively.
  */
-int hash_compare(unsigned char *h1, unsigned char *h2);
+int hash_compare(const unsigned char *h1, const unsigned char *h2);