Ben Laurie wrote:
>
> Dr S N Henson wrote:
> >
> >
> > Eh? Isn't the IV length the same as the block length?
>
> Nope. Rijndael's biggest IV is 16 bytes, but the biggest block is 32
> bytes. I haven't checked why, so if someone wants to enlighten me...
>
Well they can enlighten me too then. I can't see how you can possibly
use 32 byte blocks in CBC or CFB mode with a 16 byte IV.
Steve.
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