initialization vector

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A continuously changing number used in combination with a secret key to encrypt data. Initialization vectors (IVs) are used to prevent a sequence of text that is identical to a previous sequence from producing the same exact ciphertext when encrypted. For example, packets have address fields that are generally fixed in location within the header of the packet. If attackers view the same encrypted data over and over, it provides them with clues to interpret their original values. See nonce.

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No references found			Hackers have found several ways to break the 40-bit WEP key with a 24-bit random number known as an initialization vector (IV) to encrypt the data. Wireless security by Kane, Cort M. / Association Management The initialization vector is a randomly generated block used to encode block 0 and ensure its secrecy. Key terms in cryptography by Marshall, Donis / Database and Network Journal We have developed a new way of implementing WEP encryption that avoids the use of certain initialization vectors that create weak keys that can be easily intercepted and broken," said Richard Edgar, Agere Systems ORiNOCO product manager. Agere Systems is First to Solve Wireless LAN Wired Equivalent Privacy ... by Business Wire			Initial Microprogram Load initial nuclear radiation Initial Operational Test and Evaluation initial orders initial permeability initial potential initial prestress initial program load initial program load button Initial Program Loader initial rate of absorption initial saturation initial set initial setting time initial shot start pressure initial shrinkage initial stress initial surge voltage initial velocity initial yaw initial-value problem initial-value theorem Initialing initialise initialization string initialization vector initialize initiate initiating agent Initiation initiation codon initiation complex initiation factor initiation step initiative initiator initiator codon initiator ribonucleic acid initiator tRNA Initiators Iniurkollegiia injected injected gas injected hole Injection injection blow molding injection burner injection carburetor injection chimera injection efficiency injection electroluminescence			initialisation initialisation Initialisation vector initialisations initialisations initialisations initialise initialise initialise initialised initialised initialised initialises initialises initialises initialising initialising initialising initialism Initialisms initialization initialization initialization initialization Initialization & Administration System Initialization and Refresh Initialization Capability Initialization Command Word Initialization file initialization string initialization vector Initialization Working Group initializations initializations initializations initialize initialize initialize initialize Initialize & Checkout Initialize and Load Computer Program Initialize/Initialization/Configuration file initialized initialized initialized initializer initializer initializer initializes initializes initializes initializing initializing initializing initialled initialled initialled initialled initialling initialling initialling

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