On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 02:23:04PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> Isn't it a basic assumption to ablkcipher is that the ciphertext is equal in 
> size as the plaintext?

Not necessarily since a blkcipher also outputs IV which is exactly
what's happening in KW.

For the fixed IV value you could use givencrypt so you don't even
an rfc wrapper.

Cheers,
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