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Is using the same IV the same as not using an IV at all? (crypto.stackexchange.com)
6 points by likecarter on June 9, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



In virtually all cases the answer is yes.

The problem that an IV tries to remedy is that many messages have a more or less fixed format for the start of the message, so you have some plaintext. This is one of the reasons why some many German Enigma messages were broken.




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