The IV is used only for decrypting the first block since after that the first block serves as the IV for the second block and so on.
To answer ur question, the IV has to be known at both sides along with the key. regards, Girish --- Wai Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do the Initial Vectors on both sides have to be the > same? If they have > to be the same, we not only have to exchange the > key, but also the IV, > No? > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project > http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List > openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
