Infosec glossary entry

CBC

CBC:
Cipher Block Chaining mode

In Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode, an initialization vector (IV) is added to the first block of plaintext before encryption and the resultant ciphertext is added to the next block of plaintext before encryption, and so on. Decryption is the reverse process.
https://www.cryptosys.net/manapi/api_blockciphermodes.html

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March 28, 2022

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