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Progress 4GL Reference

> ## 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.

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