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RSA p and q size to encipher a block

I have a plaintext about 18 bit size. I have to encipher it using RSA. How large have to be p and q? So M (message to encipher) = 2**18 bit I tried, using a Python coded RSA algorithm, different sizes for p and q, and my results are these: p=61,…
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OCB-AES: Ambiguous definition of "Encipher" in RFC document

I'm implementing an OCB-AES cipher (which is described in RFC 7253), now I have to call the AES encipher function (I'll refer to that as AES-256, described in FIPS 197) Pre-summary: I'm not sure which encipher function FIPS 197 refers to. Of course,…
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