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Re: A New Triple-DES Key Wrap Algorithm

1999-02-19 20:40:26
Russ Housley <housley(_at_)spyrus(_dot_)com> wrote:
 
4.  Encrypt CEKICV in CBC mode using the key-encryption key.  Use
   an IV of 0xc302e3c1ad8bb738.
 
6.  Encrypt TEMP in CBC mode using the key-encryption key.  Use
   an IV of 0x61a197e5b132e196.  The ciphertext is 32 octets long.
 
Could you provide a source for the values used for the IV's in the text?  
Cryptographers get somewhat nervous about seeing magic numbers by themselves
in specs.
 
Peter.