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diff --git a/Doc/pycrypt.rst b/Doc/pycrypt.rst index 2fab0d1..3789bba 100644 --- a/Doc/pycrypt.rst +++ b/Doc/pycrypt.rst @@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ multiple of the algorithm's block size. Returns a string containing the plaintext. Python 3.x: decrypt() will return a bytes object. +Note: Do not use the same cipher object for both encryption an +decryption, since both operations share the same IV buffer, so the results +will probably not be what you expect. + **encrypt(string)**: Encrypts a non-null ``string``, using the key-dependent data in the @@ -432,6 +436,10 @@ the ciphertext. Python 3.x: ```string``` must be an object interpretable as a buffer of bytes. encrypt() will return a bytes object. +Note: Do not use the same cipher object for both encryption an +decryption, since both operations share the same IV buffer, so the results +will probably not be what you expect. + Security Notes ======================= |