Re: Short blocksize ciphers

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Ge' Weijers (ge@Progressive-Systems.Com)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 12:03:41 -0500


On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 11:29:19AM -0800, David Wagner wrote:

> Surely you mean a pseudo-random function in counter mode?
> A PRF in CBC mode will also leak information after about
> 256 blocks of ciphertext, due to the same effect.

You're right (assuming you meant CFB mode :-)). It's been a while
since I read "A concrete security treatment of symmetric encryption".

Ge'

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