Re: Bug 24410 - AES-CBC description

I filed https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24760


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com> wrote:

> Let's start with a discussion of what reference(s) we should be using for
> the padding algorithm.  The problem with both of the current one is that
> they are setup for 64-bit encryption block algorithms and not the current
> 128-bit block size.  The best reference that I can give you for now would
> be RFC 5652 (Cryptographic Message Syntax) which is the official successor
> to PKCS #7 in any event.  The section that describes the padding algorithm
> is section 6.3
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> The unpadding algorithm in step 5 of decrypt needs to state "If p is zero
> or greater than 16"
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> Jim
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