March 2018
Beginner to intermediate
656 pages
20h 9m
English
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Block encryption mode
In block encryption mode, the plaintext is divided into blocks of fixed length depending on the type of cipher used. Then the encryption function is applied to each block.
The most common block encryption modes are briefly discussed in the following subsections.