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Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation Methods and Techniques

Published

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

Abstract

This recommendation defines five confidentiality modes of operation for use with an underlying symmetric key block cipher algorithm: Electronic Codebook (ECB), Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), Cipher Feedback (CFB), Output Feedback (OFB), and Counter (CTR). Used with an underlying block cipher algorithm that is approved in a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), these modes can provide cryptographic protection for sensitive, but unclassified, computer data.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-38A
Report Number
800-38A

Keywords

block cipher, cryptography, encryption, mode of operation

Citation

Dworkin, M. (2001), Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation Methods and Techniques, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=51031 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created December 1, 2001, Updated February 19, 2017