Initialization vector
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title:
Initialization vector
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In cryptography, an initialization vector (IV) or starting variable is an input to a cryptographic primitive being used to provide the initial state. The IV is typically required to be random or pseudorandom, but sometimes an IV only needs to be unpredictable or unique. Randomization is crucial for some encryption schemes to achieve semantic security, a property whereby repeated usage of the scheme under the same key does not allow an attacker to infer relationships between segments of the encry
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Input to a cryptographic primitive
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialization_vector
date created:
2002-10-16T20:22:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:53:42Z
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