Peter...

Thanks :-)

> Subject: Re: cipherNames
> From: peterwaw...@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:34:46 +0800
> To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com
> 
> John 
> 
> > On 17 Jan 2016, at 19:30, John Dixon <dixo...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > When asking for the cipher names that are available to liveCode... a long 
> > list is produced.. In the case of aes 256 there are many variants as 
> > depicted by three letters after 'aes'... What do they mean ?... Is it 
> > important to use the correct one ?
> > 
> > example of different cipher names in the list....
> > 
> > aes-128-cbc,128
> > 
> ….
> > 
> > aes256,256
> 
> They are different mechanisms for handling multiple blocks of data. (A block 
> length being determined by the key length.). This may help 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation
> 
> Regards
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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