[PYTHON-CRYPTO] aes library

Paul Paul at CRYPTORIGHTS.ORG
Sat Mar 30 21:36:24 CET 2002


At 5:01 AM +0000 3/30/02, Paul Rubin wrote:
>
>I think CTR mode should use the same encrypt/decrypt operation names
>as the other modes, even if encrypt and decrypt in CTR mode do the
>same thing, instead of process/processor.  It's just less junk to
>remember.  Endianness should be specified in the object constructor,
>not on each crypto operation.  Why would anyone want to mix endianness
>in one crypto object?


Yes.  Process and processor are confusing.  Integrity mode algorithms
like CTR should include an assertion for integrity failures.

Paul



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