[#AEADChaCha20Poly1305-Decrypt-0b]
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Decrypt a message with a specified 96‐bit nonce and aad and split the result. Returns true if valid.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<crypto/chacha20poly1305.h>`

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----
bool
Decrypt(
    std::span<std::byte const> cipher,
    std::span<std::byte const> aad,
    xref:AEADChaCha20Poly1305/Nonce96.adoc[Nonce96] nonce,
    std::span<std::byte> plain1,
    std::span<std::byte> plain2) noexcept;
----

== Description

Requires cipher.size() = plain1.size() + plain2.size() + EXPANSION.

== Return Value

true if the tag is valid and decryption succeeded, false otherwise.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *cipher*
| The ciphertext and authentication tag to decrypt and verify.
| *aad*
| The associated data to authenticate.
| *nonce*
| The 96‐bit nonce.
| *plain1*
| Output buffer receiving the first part of the recovered plaintext.
| *plain2*
| Output buffer receiving the second part of the recovered plaintext.
|===


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