M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Daniel wrote: >> Just got done reading this thread: >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b31a5b5f58084f12/0e09f5f5542812c3 >> >> and I'd appreciate feedback on this recipe: >> >> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576980/ >> > [...] > You are also using CBC mode, even though you are really after > ECB mode (your code doesn't use chaining). With ECB mode, you > don't need the IV string.
Sorry. Forget that last comment - your code does use chaining. It's hidden away in the PyCrypto code for block cipher encoding: the .encode() method will automatically apply the cipher to all blocks of 32 byte input data and apply chaining to all of them (initializing the data area with the IV string). -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jan 26 2010) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
