On 1/10/06, Tony Garnock-Jones tonyg@lshift.net wrote:
This wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_modes_of_operation [...]
Personally, but I'm known to hold extreme opinions on some matters, I think that no-one should be allowed to implement any crypto code unless after reading Schneier's Applied Cryptography. Preferably not more than a day in advance :-)
(I always re-read the relevant chapters of this work before working on crypto code)