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What's the default IV for Cipher?
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| require 'openssl' | |
| data = "lesecret" * 10 | |
| cipher = OpenSSL::Cipher::AES256.new("CBC") | |
| key = OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes(cipher.key_len) | |
| cipher.encrypt | |
| cipher.key = key | |
| enc = cipher.update(data) + cipher.final | |
| dec = OpenSSL::Cipher::AES256.new("CBC") | |
| dec.decrypt | |
| dec.key = key | |
| dec.iv = "\0" * cipher.iv_len #this is the default IV, implied by OpenSSL itself | |
| text = dec.update(enc) + dec.final | |
| puts text == data # => true |
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