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Authored by jhb on Jan 13 2022, 9:28 PM.
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IVs are not the size of keys as a general case. Most often they are
the size of a single block.

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jhb requested review of this revision.Jan 13 2022, 9:28 PM

Do you need a kassert G_ELI_IVKEYLEN >= keysize?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 13 2022, 9:51 PM
In D33885#766236, @imp wrote:

Do you need a kassert G_ELI_IVKEYLEN >= keysize?

No, the entire point is that IV sizes have no relation to key sizes. For the ciphers involved in fact, the key sizes are generally larger than the IVs (e.g. 8 byte IV for AES-XTS vs a 256/512 bit key).