Re: CVS commit: src/sys/netinet

[itojun%itojun.org@localhost (Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino)]

> >       we have needs for 16bit and 20bit, do you know of 16/20bit block
> >       cipher?
> Since the high bit is used for a special purpose (toggled every time
> the generator is reseeded), don't we actually need 15- and 19-bit block
> ciphers to generate 16- and 20-bit identifiers?

        if you flip the top bit, yes, (n - 1) bit cipher is needed.
        if you don't flip the top bit and encrypt sequential counter, n bit
        cipher is needed.

> I believe that you can build a block cipher of arbitrary size using
> a Feistel network and some other cipher.  See recent posts to the
> cryptography%metzdowd.com@localhost list.

        yup.  it's a interesting thread.

itojun