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Re: Resolution on large-block ciphers (e.g., Blowfish), PGP7

2000-07-17 02:03:24
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Michael Young wrote:

The draft makes no mention of how to encrypt secret keys.  It still mentions
an 8-byte IV.  I didn't see a clear winner in the discussion: an 8-byte IV

IIRC it mention 8 byte IV only in the example.  The specification
should say an IV of the the same size as the blocksize.  GnuPG 1.0.2
does exactly this.

  Werner

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