Libgcrypt CFB-mode as CFB-8bit

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed Apr 13 18:05:18 CEST 2016


On Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:40, liza.churkyn at sociomantic.com said:

> I need to be able to decrypt CFB-8bit with Libgcrypt. Since this is
> currently not supported, I would like to submit a patch
> that adds support for this.

Can you name an application for an 8 bit CFB mode?  I doubt that any new
protocol will use that and support for legacy protocols should only be
done if it is worth the trouble.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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