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Handle Attributes and Methods Reference : SYMMETRIC-ENCRYPTION-IV attribute
 

SYMMETRIC-ENCRYPTION-IV attribute

The default initialization vector value to use with the encryption key in the ENCRYPT and DECRYPT functions. The default value is the Unknown value (?), which indicates that no initialization vector value is used.
Data type: RAW
Access: Readable/Writeable
Applies to: SECURITY-POLICY system handle
Using an initialization vector value increases the strength of the specified encryption key (that is, it makes the key more unpredictable).
You are responsible for generating, storing, and transporting this value.

See also

DECRYPT function, ENCRYPT function