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RE: XCB-32-AES for wide-block encryption



Shai Halevi wrote:
> Jim.Williams@Emulex.Com wrote:
>
>  > Shai Halevi wrote:
>  >
>  >>the mode of Jim Williams (Jim, do you have a name for it?)
>  > Perhaps MNR (modified naor-reingold) would be appropriate.

> Why modified? From the very brief look that I took, the only difference
> that I saw was the inclusion of the tweak. Is there anything else?

I believe that the original N-R paper included one additional
hash denoted as U1 (the 1 begin subscript).  In the proposed
implementation, this appears unnecessary.  Please correct me
if I am wrong on either count.

Thanks, Jim