Re: Encrypted Data to File -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Encrypted Data to File
From: Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:10:12 -0400
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Michael wrote:

How would this be implemented in the cryptographic APIs? Would this be
used for the Initialization Vector?

Terminology will kill us all before long :-) I'd consider the IV to be the salt for Triple DES. You do NOT want to use the same IV for every encryption, you essentially want each IV to be unique. Random is good.

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/apis/qc3encdt.htm If all the acronyms are hurting your eyes, buy Carsten his favourite libation because he's saved a lot of people some headaches!

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