"Housley, Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It contains a specification for an authenticated encryption mode.
Note that this mode is simply the combination of CTR and CBC-MAC, though of course it's valuable to have a team of experienced cryptographers give a precise specification of a good way of composing them. Some commentary by Rogaway can be found here: http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/ocb/links.htm all of his technical commentary seems indisputable, though of course I would favour choosing less efficient modes over patent-encumbered modes. -- __ Paul Crowley \/ o\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\__/ http://www.ciphergoth.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]