Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:52:53 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Initial Vector Fix for loop.c. |
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Typo in there.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:49:53PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > In my opinion it doesn't make much difference. crypto-loop > has broken beyond belief[1] IV anyways, so they will > eventually need to change it. Or just use CBC, which is simpler ^^^ should be ECB of course.
> > [1] the problem is that it is too predictable. consider block 0, > which is usually filled with zeros. It also has IV==0. This means > it it 100% equivalent to CBC and worse even has known plain text. ^^^ also ECB here.
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