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Subject:Re: Regarding the IV in symertric encryption.
Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
The IV is used only for decrypting the first block
since after that the first block serves as the IV for
the second
Do the Initial Vectors on both sides have to be the same? If they have
to be the same, we not only have to exchange the key, but also the IV,
No?
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Wai Wu wrote:
Do the Initial Vectors on both sides have to be the same? If they have
to be the same, we not only have to exchange the key, but also the IV,
No?
Symmetric block cipher traffic contains the IV at the beginning of the
ciphertext.
Hello,
Wai Wu wrote:
Do the Initial Vectors on both sides have to be the same? If they have
to be the same, we not only have to exchange the key, but also the IV,
No?
Symmetric block cipher traffic contains the IV at the beginning of the
ciphertext.
IV must be known and the same on
The IV is used only for decrypting the first block
since after that the first block serves as the IV for
the second block and so on.
To answer ur question, the IV has to be known at both
sides along with the key.
regards,
Girish
--- Wai Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do the Initial Vectors
Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
The IV is used only for decrypting the first block
since after that the first block serves as the IV for
the second block and so on.
To answer ur question, the IV has to be known at both
sides along with the key.
There is no sound cryptological argument for not
