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Cryptography

Basics of Encryption & Ciphers

Code, Cryptography, Python, AES · Published the 16 Sep 17
1258 words · 6 min read
Trying to use a library to encrypt your data can be a lot to handle when you have no experience or knowledge about their inner workings. There is more than just selecting a cipher algorithm like Blowfish or AES. You also have to chose a mode, manage an initialization vector, and sometimes even more. As a memento, but also to help others, I will try to explain some of those concepts, and how to use them with PyCrypto, the main encryption library in Python.
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