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Re: Sample Twofish message

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Subject: Re: Sample Twofish message
From: Werner Koch <wk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:56:58 +0200
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hal@xxxxxxxx writes:

> Note also that the special CFB "sync" operation (after processing these 10
> bytes) is not to be done with block ciphers whose block size is greater
> than 8 bytes, hence is not done for Twofish.

Hmmm, section 5.7 states that encryption is done in PGP's special CFB
mode and there is no exception mentioned.  

If I remember correct, we discussed this 128 bit block cipher issue
last year and changed the draft accordingly. 

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Werner Koch at guug.de           www.gnupg.org           keyid 621CC013

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- Sample Twofish message
  - From: hal

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