Re: IV size

From: John Keenan (jmkeenan@comcast.net)
Date: 04/16/03 

From: "John Keenan" <jmkeenan@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:53:36 -0700

I had forgotten the bits vs bytes... thanks

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>"John Keenan" <jmkeenan56@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> RMCrypto.BlockSize = 128;
>> iv = new byte[128];
>>
>> I get the error:
>> Specified initialization vector (IV) does not match the
>> block size for this algorithm.
>
>Keep in mind that the BlockSize and KeySize properties
are the number of
>_bits_ a block or keysize should be.
>Hence, a RijndaelManaged instance with a BlockSize of 128
expects a block
>size of 16 bytes.
>
>Regards,
>Pieter Philippaerts
>http://www.mentalis.org/
>
>
>.
>

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