On 17-10-2014 1:21, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > I understand why padding may be required, I'm not sure what you mean > by "IV",
Initialization vector: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialization_vector > and as regards to the "mode", I think that I specified in my > original post that symmetric key would be just fine for my purposes. Yes, but you can use (most) symmetric blockciphers in different modes. I suggest you read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation for a general introduction. I'm not claiming to have expert knowledge on these subjects but at least I have some impressions where I lack on knowledge to implement things. -- ir. J.C.A. Wevers PGP/GPG public keys at http://www.xs4all.nl/~johanw/pgpkeys.html _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
