Re: A New Triple-DES Key Wrap Algorithm

Russ Housley <housley(_at_)spyrus(_dot_)com> writes:
 
> 5.  Reverse the order of the four ciphertext blocks.
 
Wouldn't it be better to reverse the bytes rather than the blocks?  This makes 
the result independant of the block size of the algorithm (so it'll work with 
CFB mode as well), and it's rather easier to code than shuffling chunks of 
memory around.
 
Peter.