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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 7 21:36:26 2024 -0400

    update changelog

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Aug 7 21:14:53 2024 -0400

    feat: Add cipher mode mask and fix cc

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Date:   Wed Aug 7 15:11:19 2024 -0400

    feat:   added NCEncryptionGetIvSize() function and helpers

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Aug 6 20:56:55 2024 -0400

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Date:   Tue Aug 6 20:54:03 2024 -0400

    chore: update changelog and mbedtls headers

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Date:   Tue Aug 6 19:57:10 2024 -0400

    update libsecp256k1 to v0.5.1

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Date:   Tue Aug 6 19:42:25 2024 -0400

    update openssl to 3.3.1

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 5 18:01:03 2024 -0400

    fix: Find and fix openssl encryption bug

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Date:   Sun Aug 4 15:27:06 2024 -0400

    cleanup comments + return codes

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Date:   Sat Jul 27 22:20:53 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 27 00:05:07 2024 -0400

    fix: Potential overflow in nip44 padding calculation

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Date:   Fri Jul 26 23:37:15 2024 -0400

    refactor: Span invasion, checks and fix some evp api

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Jul 23 19:55:13 2024 -0400

    latest changes

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Jul 21 17:51:04 2024 -0400

    Push latest changes, patches, and internal upgrades

commit ffe42b6858f112a00405be4f0605ab1163063749
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 13 22:13:13 2024 -0400

    test: Add decryption test cases and fixes

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Jul 12 22:14:00 2024 -0400

    feat: add decryption functionality to public api

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 11 21:39:39 2024 -0400

    feat: Update sidecar utils library

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Date:   Fri Jul 5 00:03:48 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Jul 1 15:05:34 2024 -0400

    fix: #7 fix confusing inline functions

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Date:   Tue Jun 18 21:22:37 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 11 15:44:28 2024 -0400

    feat!: #4 Close #4. Add public nip04 support to api

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Date:   Wed May 29 13:37:00 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 13:34:20 2024 -0400

    missed extra argument

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed May 29 13:25:51 2024 -0400

    refactor!: return NC_SUCCESS when validating secret key

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon May 27 14:52:41 2024 -0400

    fix: Properly build mbedtls & cmake fixes

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 26 17:39:40 2024 -0400

    chore: Update libs, reorder files, internalize private headers

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 26 13:39:08 2024 -0400

    fix: Add c++ extern prototypes in noscrypt.h

commit aeaac8d328b75911541be64d6f09d58fca294a08
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 26 11:47:17 2024 -0400

    refactor: Dep update, openssl chacha20 added

commit 86b02540cce6015cfe4a2a56499a9a2f45d4e368
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat May 18 12:24:17 2024 -0400

    refactor: Remove NCContext structure definition

commit d09d9330415d463ca19be9394b02ce11b3366f7e
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon May 13 22:33:50 2024 -0400

    fix: update mbedtls inline issue includes

commit 7838cb4bb15d4f453f92f56ece75e2b03986fe42
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon May 13 22:29:16 2024 -0400

    fix: force fPIC for secp256k1 targets

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Date:   Sun May 12 00:37:01 2024 -0400

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Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 12 00:34:20 2024 -0400

    Final overview and test before tag

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Date:   Mon May 6 22:08:09 2024 -0400

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commit 2cee801979bfbcb3b0e53f592ce8c779b57cb679
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon May 6 22:02:39 2024 -0400

    Ensure static and dynamic libs get same args

commit f533694023133552d0d42933d779c95a5854343f
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon May 6 21:50:29 2024 -0400

    feat: CMake install & fetch-content test & updates

commit 940ff20348b13d0bc30d9e9f4289dd6de20b16ba
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun May 5 14:07:28 2024 -0400

    codeberg readonly push

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Merge: 0a40e20 e737556
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat May 4 14:06:45 2024 -0400

    Merge branch 'master' into develop

commit 0a40e209d03e8ff9b6f81cd5969d3e845c633bfc
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat May 4 13:55:19 2024 -0400

    ci: Force disable testing for win ci builds

commit 55fae189fffc86f07a3448370f0a746670819712
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu May 2 21:54:35 2024 -0400

    feat: Working and tested openssl impl & defaults

commit 6ff8bb11774c51fd341b7699a3938fd894995fbf
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 25 17:45:42 2024 -0400

    refactor: Finish support and testing for mbedtls

commit 7cb7a93de4f6f5e741bc5129e3d928e44f050930
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 23 18:19:31 2024 -0400

    refactor!: MbedTLS on Windows, switch to uint32

commit 30e8dda6cbea86bdee6d5dfe48514385d3b9f81b
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 23 14:48:05 2024 -0400

    refactor: Crypto dep redesign working on Windows

commit d09c6c1bd5da3e2d79351daeba304ca99976a726
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 18 00:28:51 2024 -0400

    refactor!: Pushing what I have to dev

commit 54e06ada7d624ed0d28c6a6db04a149708841bf8
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Apr 13 01:24:00 2024 -0400

    fix: convert constants to hex, inline macro, ParseErrorCode

commit 4215e3100d9a0d23119080d09638fa5b60d0c6d4
Merge: d3328f4 7485aa5
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 3 18:26:30 2024 -0400

    Merge branch 'master' into develop

commit d3328f4152b22b28f24c43dda62464287f1efff5
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 3 18:22:56 2024 -0400

    build: Included dependency and versions in client builds

commit b11bc0bac955fd5c6db65f0da48456bf5e748805
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Apr 3 18:10:08 2024 -0400

    fix: Fix c89 compatabilty comments and struct assignment

commit 9915bd41799a72413e6b400e150aa9f5fa797e25
Merge: 8e3d6ea 5184d7d
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 30 09:57:30 2024 -0400

    Merge branch 'master' into develop

commit 8e3d6ea5e3c83fe42cb904b6ccc4fe2b73f76aae
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 30 09:52:55 2024 -0400

    refactor!: Some api (struct) changes and updated tests

commit e88e8420520204e20802516f01d4488bb0b1d6ea
Merge: 490dfee 21f6c0a
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 3 15:02:34 2024 -0500

    Merge branch 'master' into develop

commit 490dfee4ef22479009627435c6ad728c3cbbab54
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 3 14:59:25 2024 -0500

    test: #3 tests for encryption/description and Macs

commit efa97490b7ed47f4e2f05bee52e2b33e14e439e6
Merge: 1b84e3c 120022a
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 3 14:55:48 2024 -0500

    merge master

commit 1b84e3c7c2e55b1ff9ffdd09b66873e11c131441
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 2 22:57:36 2024 -0500

    fix: #2 constent usage of sizeof() operator on struct types

commit 9de5a214c66adea0ef2d0bac63c59449de202a88
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 1 14:30:36 2024 -0500

    perf: avoid nc_key struct copy, cast and verify instead

commit b917b761120ed684af28d0707673ffadcf14b8fe
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Mon Feb 12 22:06:50 2024 -0500

    fix: found the constant time memcompare function

commit 9f85fff3b9f25da7410569ea94f994b88feb3910
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 9 22:48:35 2024 -0500

    feat: added/update MAC functions to sign or verify nip44 payload

commit aa5113741bb419b02d6ea416bba571fa3d65db46
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Feb 7 01:37:53 2024 -0500

    add missing hmac-key output buffer

commit 55f47d22cc9ce4d1e22b70814d608c7ef3b1bbc9
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 4 21:08:13 2024 -0500

    simple bug fixes, and public api argument validation tests

commit 73c5a713fb164ae8b4ac8a891a8020e08eae0a3b
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 2 23:05:48 2024 -0500

    update api to return secpvalidate return code instead of internal return codes

commit 06c73004e1a39a7ea4ea3a89c22dee0f66adb236
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 2 19:25:17 2024 -0500

    change to lgpl license

commit 6e79fdb3b6b6739fc7797d47e55a7691306cf736
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 31 21:30:49 2024 -0500

    move validation macros, and optionally disable them

commit ac1e58837f1ba687939f78b5c03cadd346c10ddd
Author: vnugent <public@vaughnnugent.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 30 12:25:05 2024 -0500

    couple more tests, renable range checks, set flags for all projects

2 files changed, 81 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/src/noscrypt.c b/src/noscrypt.c
index deadca6..fededaf 100644
--- a/src/noscrypt.c
+++ b/src/noscrypt.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static _nc_fn_inline NCResult _encryptNip44Ex(
 
 	result = NC_SUCCESS;
 
-	ncSpanInitC(&nonceSpan, args->nonceData, NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE);
+	ncSpanInitC(&nonceSpan, args->nonceData, NC_NIP44_IV_SIZE);
 	
 	/* Message key will be derrived on every encryption call */
 	if (_getMessageKey(ck, nonceSpan, &messageKey) != CSTATUS_OK)
@@ -344,13 +344,14 @@ static _nc_fn_inline NCResult _decryptNip44Ex(const NCContext* ctx, const struct
 	struct message_key messageKey;
 	const struct nc_expand_keys* cipherKeys;
 
-	DEBUG_ASSERT2(ctx != NULL, "Expected valid context")
-	DEBUG_ASSERT2(ck != NULL, "Expected valid conversation key")
-	DEBUG_ASSERT2(args != NULL, "Expected valid encryption args")
+	DEBUG_ASSERT2(ctx != NULL, "Expected valid context");
+	DEBUG_ASSERT2(ck != NULL, "Expected valid conversation key");
+	DEBUG_ASSERT2(args != NULL, "Expected valid encryption args");
+	DEBUG_ASSERT(args->version == NC_ENC_VERSION_NIP44);
 
 	result = NC_SUCCESS;
 
-	ncSpanInitC(&nonceSpan, args->nonceData, NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE);
+	ncSpanInitC(&nonceSpan, args->nonceData, NC_NIP44_IV_SIZE);
 	
 	if (_getMessageKey(ck, nonceSpan, &messageKey) != CSTATUS_OK)
 	{
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ static NCResult _verifyMacEx(
 	DEBUG_ASSERT2(conversationKey != NULL, "Expected valid conversation key")
 	DEBUG_ASSERT2(args != NULL, "Expected valid mac verification args")
 
-	ncSpanInitC(&nonceSpan, args->nonce32, NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE);
+	ncSpanInitC(&nonceSpan, args->nonce32, NC_NIP44_IV_SIZE);
 	ncSpanInitC(&payloadSpan, args->payload, args->payloadSize);
 
 	/*
@@ -979,7 +980,7 @@ Cleanup:
 	return result;
 }
 
-NC_EXPORT NCResult NCComputeMac(
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCComputeMac(
 	const NCContext* ctx,
 	const uint8_t hmacKey[NC_HMAC_KEY_SIZE],
 	const uint8_t* payload,
@@ -1069,13 +1070,14 @@ Cleanup:
 
 #define ENSURE_ENC_MODE(args, mode) if(args->version != mode) return E_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 
-NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCEncryptionSetPropertyEx(
 	NCEncryptionArgs* args,
 	uint32_t property,
 	uint8_t* value,
 	uint32_t valueLen
 )
 {
+	uint32_t ivSize;
 
 	CHECK_NULL_ARG(args, 0)
 	CHECK_NULL_ARG(value, 2)
@@ -1091,22 +1093,6 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
 
 		return NC_SUCCESS;
 
-	case NC_ENC_SET_NIP04_IV:
-		/*
-		* The safest way to store the nip04 IV is in the nonce
-		* field. An IV is essentially a nonce. A secure random
-		* number used to encrypt the first block of a CBC chain.
-		*/
-
-		CHECK_ARG_RANGE(valueLen, AES_IV_SIZE, UINT32_MAX, 3)
-
-		ENSURE_ENC_MODE(args, NC_ENC_VERSION_NIP04)
-
-		args->nonceData = value;
-
-		return NC_SUCCESS;
-
-
 	case NC_ENC_SET_NIP04_KEY:
 		/*
 		* The AES key is stored in the hmac key field, since
@@ -1122,13 +1108,17 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
 
 		return NC_SUCCESS;
 
-	case NC_ENC_SET_NIP44_NONCE:
+	case NC_ENC_SET_IV:
+		
+		ivSize = NCEncryptionGetIvSize(args->version);
 
-		/* Nonce buffer must be at least the size, max doesnt matter */
-		CHECK_ARG_RANGE(valueLen, NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE, UINT32_MAX, 3)
+		/* Gaurd invalid version */
+		if (ivSize == 0)
+		{
+			return E_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+		}
 
-		/* Nonce is only used in nip44 mode */
-		ENSURE_ENC_MODE(args, NC_ENC_VERSION_NIP44)
+		CHECK_ARG_RANGE(valueLen, ivSize, ivSize, 3)
 
 		args->nonceData = value;
 
@@ -1155,13 +1145,13 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
 	return E_INVALID_ARG;
 }
 
-NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionProperty(
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCEncryptionSetProperty(
 	NCEncryptionArgs* args,
 	uint32_t property,
 	uint32_t value
 )
 {
-	return NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
+	return NCEncryptionSetPropertyEx(
 		args, 
 		property, 
 		(uint8_t*)&value, 
@@ -1169,7 +1159,7 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionProperty(
 	);
 }
 
-NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionData(
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCEncryptionSetData(
 	NCEncryptionArgs* args,
 	const uint8_t* input,
 	uint8_t* output,
@@ -1186,4 +1176,19 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NCSetEncryptionData(
 	args->dataSize = dataSize;
 
 	return NC_SUCCESS;	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+NC_EXPORT uint32_t NC_CC NCEncryptionGetIvSize(uint32_t version)
+{
+	switch (version)
+	{
+	case NC_ENC_VERSION_NIP04:
+		return NC_NIP04_IV_SIZE;
+
+	case NC_ENC_VERSION_NIP44:
+		return NC_NIP44_IV_SIZE;
+
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/noscryptutil.c b/src/noscryptutil.c
index 4cee2c3..89e0f35 100644
--- a/src/noscryptutil.c
+++ b/src/noscryptutil.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #define MIN_PADDING_SIZE		0x20u
 #define NIP44_VERSION_SIZE		0x01u
 #define NIP44_PT_LEN_SIZE		sizeof(uint16_t)
+#define NIP44_NONCE_SIZE		NC_NIP44_IV_SIZE
 
 /*
 * minimum size for a valid nip44 payload
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ static _nc_fn_inline uint32_t _calcNip44TotalOutSize(uint32_t inputSize)
 
 	bufferSize = NIP44_VERSION_SIZE;
 
-	bufferSize += NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE;
+	bufferSize += NIP44_NONCE_SIZE;
 
 	bufferSize += NIP44_PT_LEN_SIZE;
 
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ static _nc_fn_inline int _nip44ParseSegments(
 	*nonce = ncSpanSliceC(
 		payload,
 		NIP44_VERSION_SIZE,
-		NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE
+		NIP44_NONCE_SIZE
 	);
 
 	/*
@@ -293,8 +294,8 @@ static _nc_fn_inline int _nip44ParseSegments(
 	*/
 	*cipherText = ncSpanSliceC(
 		payload,
-		NIP44_VERSION_SIZE + NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE,
-		payload.size - (NIP44_VERSION_SIZE + NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE + NC_ENCRYPTION_MAC_SIZE)
+		NIP44_VERSION_SIZE + NIP44_NONCE_SIZE,
+		payload.size - (NIP44_VERSION_SIZE + NIP44_NONCE_SIZE + NC_ENCRYPTION_MAC_SIZE)
 	);
 
 	return 1;
@@ -357,12 +358,23 @@ static NCResult _nip44EncryptCompleteCore(
 
 	ZERO_FILL(hmacKeyOut, sizeof(hmacKeyOut));
 
+	/* Get the nonce/iv size so we know how much nonce data to write */
+	result = NCUtilCipherGetIvSize(state);
+	DEBUG_ASSERT(result > 0);
+
 	/* Start by appending the version number */
 	ncSpanAppend(message, &outPos, Nip44VersionValue, sizeof(Nip44VersionValue));
 
 	/* next is nonce data */
-	ncSpanAppend(message, &outPos, encArgs.nonceData, NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE);
-	DEBUG_ASSERT(outPos == 1 + NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE);
+	ncSpanAppend(message, &outPos, encArgs.nonceData, (uint32_t)result);
+
+	/* 
+	* Assert the output points to the end of the nonce segment 
+	* for nip44 this is exactly 33 bytes. This assert also doubles
+	* to check the output of NCUtilCipherGetIvSize() to ensure
+	* it's returning the correct size for nip44
+	*/
+	DEBUG_ASSERT(outPos == 1 + NIP44_NONCE_SIZE);
 
 	/*
 	* Assign the hmac key from the stack buffer. Since the args structure
@@ -372,7 +384,7 @@ static NCResult _nip44EncryptCompleteCore(
 	* addresses.
 	*/
 
-	result = NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
+	result = NCEncryptionSetPropertyEx(
 		&encArgs,
 		NC_ENC_SET_NIP44_MAC_KEY,
 		hmacKeyOut,
@@ -397,7 +409,7 @@ static NCResult _nip44EncryptCompleteCore(
 	* plainText size field.
 	*/
 
-	result = NCSetEncryptionData(
+	result = NCEncryptionSetData(
 		&encArgs,
 		ncSpanGetOffset(message, outPos),	/* in place encryption */
 		ncSpanGetOffset(message, outPos),
@@ -517,7 +529,7 @@ static NCResult _nip44DecryptCompleteCore(
 	if ((state->_flags & NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MAC_NO_VERIFY) == 0)
 	{
 		DEBUG_ASSERT(ncSpanGetSizeC(macValue) == NC_ENCRYPTION_MAC_SIZE);
-		DEBUG_ASSERT(ncSpanGetSizeC(macData) > NC_ENCRYPTION_NONCE_SIZE + MIN_PADDING_SIZE);
+		DEBUG_ASSERT(ncSpanGetSizeC(macData) > NIP44_NONCE_SIZE + MIN_PADDING_SIZE);
 
 		/* Assign the mac data to the mac verify args */
 		macArgs.mac32 = ncSpanGetOffsetC(macValue, 0);
@@ -550,7 +562,7 @@ static NCResult _nip44DecryptCompleteCore(
 
 	DEBUG_ASSERT2(cipherText.size >= MIN_PADDING_SIZE, "Cipertext segment was parsed incorrectly. Too small");
 	
-	result = NCSetEncryptionData(
+	result = NCEncryptionSetData(
 		&encArgs,
 		ncSpanGetOffsetC(cipherText, 0),
 		ncSpanGetOffset(output, 0),			/*decrypt ciphertext and write directly to the output buffer */
@@ -653,6 +665,10 @@ NC_EXPORT NCUtilCipherContext* NC_CC NCUtilCipherAlloc(uint32_t encVersion, uint
 
 	if (encCtx != NULL)
 	{
+		/* 
+		* Technically I should be using the NCEncSetProperty but this 
+		* is an acceptable shortcut for now, may break in future 
+		*/
 		encCtx->encArgs.version = encVersion;
 		encCtx->_flags = flags;
 	}
@@ -694,7 +710,7 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherInit(
 	CHECK_NULL_ARG(encCtx, 0);
 	CHECK_NULL_ARG(inputData, 1);
 
-	if ((encCtx->_flags & NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE_DECRYPT) > 0)
+	if ((encCtx->_flags & NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE) == NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE_DECRYPT)
 	{
 		/*
 		* Validate the input data for proper format for 
@@ -842,7 +858,7 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherReadOutput(
 	return (NCResult)encCtx->buffer.actualOutput.size;
 }
 
-NC_EXPORT NCResult NCUtilCipherSetProperty(
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherSetProperty(
 	NCUtilCipherContext* ctx,
 	uint32_t property,
 	uint8_t* value,
@@ -852,7 +868,7 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NCUtilCipherSetProperty(
 	CHECK_NULL_ARG(ctx, 0)
 
 	/* All other arguments are verified */
-	return NCSetEncryptionPropertyEx(
+	return NCEncryptionSetPropertyEx(
 		&ctx->encArgs, 
 		property, 
 		value, 
@@ -889,7 +905,7 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherUpdate(
 	{
 	case NC_ENC_VERSION_NIP44:
 
-		if ((encCtx->_flags & NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE_DECRYPT) > 0)
+		if ((encCtx->_flags & NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE) == NC_UTIL_CIPHER_MODE_DECRYPT)
 		{
 			return _nip44DecryptCompleteCore(libContext, sk, pk, encCtx);
 		}
@@ -908,3 +924,16 @@ NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherUpdate(
 		return E_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED;
 	}
 }
+
+NC_EXPORT NCResult NC_CC NCUtilCipherGetIvSize(const NCUtilCipherContext* encCtx)
+{
+	uint32_t ivSize;
+
+	CHECK_NULL_ARG(encCtx, 0);
+
+	ivSize = NCEncryptionGetIvSize(encCtx->encArgs.version);
+
+	return ivSize == 0
+		? E_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
+		: (NCResult)ivSize;
+}