---
name: "proc_crypto"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "man-pages"
version: "6.19-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/proc_crypto"
---

# proc\_crypto(5)

ciphers provided by kernel crypto API

## NAME

/proc/crypto - ciphers provided by kernel crypto API

## DESCRIPTION

- */proc/crypto*

  A list of the ciphers provided by the kernel crypto API. For details, see the kernel *Linux Kernel Crypto API* documentation available under the kernel source directory *Documentation/crypto/* (or *Documentation/DocBook* before Linux 4.10; the documentation can be built using a command such as *make htmldocs* in the root directory of the kernel source tree).

## SEE ALSO

[**proc**(5)](/proc/5.md)