Timeline for Why doesn't CTR mode require blocking?
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| Jul 8, 2016 at 21:02 | comment | added | Rob | Where this is most useful is that you can keep appending encrypted data to the encrypted file, because there is no artificial padding on it. You can also seek randomly into the file to get ciphertext. The only issue with seeking is that you need to move the read ptr back enough to start on a block, and chop off that extra bit when giving plaintext range back to the user. | |
| Nov 5, 2012 at 12:44 | vote | accept | Louis Thibault | ||
| Nov 5, 2012 at 12:21 | history | answered | Samuel Neves | CC BY-SA 3.0 |