The OCB Authenticated-Encryption Algorithm


Authors: Ted Krovetz and Phillip Rogaway

Reference: Internet draft draft-krovetz-ocb-00.txt. CFRG Working Group, March 2005.

Abstract: This document specifies OCB 2.0, a shared-key encryption scheme combining privacy and authenticity. This blockcipher-based, single-pass mechanism provides privacy and authenticity for a message, plus authenticity for any associated header. It does this in the most simple and efficient way known.

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