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

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Subject: Re: Resolution on large-block ciphers (e.g., Blowfish), PGP7
From: Werner Koch <wk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:23:51 +0200
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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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  - From: Michael Young

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