Understanding Cryptography by Christof Paar and Jan Pelzl - Chapter 5 Solutions - Ex5.6
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Exercise 5.6
Propose an OFB mode scheme which encrypts one byte of plaintext at a time, e.g., for encrypting key strokes from a remote keyboard. The block cipher used is AES. Perform one block cipher operation for every new plaintext byte. Draw a block diagram of your scheme and pay particular attention to the bit lengths used in your diagram (cf. the descripton of a byte mode at the end of Sect. 5.1.4).
Solution
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Below is an OFB scheme which matches the requirements:
Note: In places where 128 bits are truncated to 8 bits, this is done by taking the first 8 bits.
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