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Re:Encryption is less secure than we thought by nknighthb on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:48PM (#6215679)
> I'll just make two requests for the same information and clip it where they differ.

So, byte 0? You're not really using ECB, are you?

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Re:Encryption is less secure than we thought by rmidthun on Thursday August 15, 2013 @01:32PM (#6219381)
D'oh. Good point.

At least I can point to it as another example of someone not expert in the field making a stupid statement about crypto...

I think the general problem of padding with random values resulting in non-determinism would still matter in some cases, but IANAC.

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