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US 2015/0318984 A1Published application
Initialization vectors generation from encryption/decryption
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsFelipe Knop, Anil Kurmus, Alessandro Sorniotti, Yuri Volobuev
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method of encryption of several units of a computerized system, wherein each of the units comprises data, includes generating distinct initialization vectors, or IVs, for the units, and storing the generated IVs; and for each unit of the several units: accessing a stored IV corresponding to the unit; and encrypting the unit according to the accessed IV and an encryption key.
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A computer-implemented method of encryption of several units of a computerized system, wherein each of the units comprises data, the method comprising:
- generating distinct initialization vectors, or IVs, for the units, and storing the generated IVs;
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- for each unit of the several units:
- accessing a stored IV corresponding to the unit;
- and
- encrypting the unit according to the accessed IV and an encryption key.
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