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Subject:    Re: [Cryptography] [FORGED] Re: Speculation about Baton Block Cipher
From:       Peter Gutmann <pgut001 () cs ! auckland ! ac ! nz>
Date:       2015-08-19 7:49:59
Message-ID: 9A043F3CF02CD34C8E74AC1594475C73F4ADF78A () uxcn10-5 ! UoA ! auckland ! ac ! nz
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Ryan Carboni <ryacko@gmail.com> writes:

>Baton has:
>
>12 byte block size
>16 byte block size
>24 byte initialization vector
>20 byte key
>20 byte checksum
>
>Let's play a what does not belong game.
>
>Which number does not belong?

The IV is a bit odd, it hints at a LEAF-like capability a la Clipper/Capstone.
However, it could be a completely ordinary composite nonce value as outlined
in e.g. RFC 5116, "An Interface and Algorithms for Authenticated Encryption".

Peter.

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