Block cipher mode of operation

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History and standardization

NIST AES XTS-AES Ciphertext stealing XTS

21 related topics

Overview

Block cipher Information security Confidentiality Authenticity Bits

35 related topics

Other modes and other cryptographic primitives

One-way compression function NIST XEX Key Wrap Cryptographic protocols

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Padding

CBC Null bytes String DES Schneier

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Decryption parallelizable: Yes
Encryption parallelizable: Yes
Partial last block: Yes
Random read access: Yes

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Overview

History and standardization

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
XTS-AES Disk encryption theory
Ciphertext stealing
XTS XTS mode
Message authentication code
CBC-MAC
Digital signature
HMAC
CMAC
GCM Galois/Counter Mode
CCM CCM mode
CWC CWC mode
EAX EAX mode
IAPM IAPM (mode)
OCB OCB mode
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ANSI American National Standards Institute
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

Initialization vector (IV)

Padding

CBC Block cipher modes of operation
Null bytes Null character
String Literal string
DES Data Encryption Standard
Schneier Bruce Schneier
Ferguson Niels Ferguson
XORing Exclusive or

Common modes

Ascon Ascon (cipher)
GCM Galois/counter mode
AEAD AEAD block cipher modes of operation
Weakness of ECB Block cipher mode of operation

Error propagation

Other modes and other cryptographic primitives

One-way compression function
NIST
XEX Xor–encrypt–xor
Key Wrap
Cryptographic protocols Cryptographic protocol
Cryptographic hash function
Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator
OMAC One-key MAC
PMAC PMAC (cryptography)

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Block cipher mode of operation

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Decryption parallelizable · 1

Block cipher mode of operation → Yes

Encryption parallelizable · 1

Block cipher mode of operation → Yes

Partial last block · 1

Block cipher mode of operation → Yes

Random read access · 1

Block cipher mode of operation → Yes

is a · 1

Block cipher mode of operation → algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or authenticity

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block modes plaintext mode encryption cipher ciphertext iv cbc used operation data bit initialization authentication decryption message vector encrypted key

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Block cipher mode of operation	Decryption parallelizable	Yes	1.00	infobox
Block cipher mode of operation	Encryption parallelizable	Yes	1.00	infobox
Block cipher mode of operation	Partial last block	Yes	1.00	infobox
Block cipher mode of operation	Random read access	Yes	1.00	infobox
Block cipher mode of operation	is a	algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or authenticity	0.90	text
confidentiality or authenticity	instance of	a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security	0.80	text
CBC-MAC	instance of	Modification or tampering can be detected with a separate message authentication code	0.80	text
or a digital signature	instance of	Modification or tampering can be detected with a separate message authentication code	0.80	text
ciphertext stealing or residual block termination	instance of	Most sophisticated are CBC-specific schemes	0.80	text
which do not cause any extra ciphertext	instance of	Most sophisticated are CBC-specific schemes	0.80	text
at the expense of some additional complexity	instance of	Most sophisticated are CBC-specific schemes	0.80	text
being only used once	instance of	may have requirements	0.80	text

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