[ pycrypto-Bugs-1710840 ] CTR mode should not require an even block length input

Bugs item #1710840, was opened at 2007-05-01 21:58
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Dobes V (dobesv)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: CTR mode should not require an even block length input

Initial Comment:
CTR mode doesn't require an even block length input; the generated pad can be XORed with the input incrementally, to give a ciphertext whose length exactly matches the plaintext.

This should be fixed.


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