IEEE 1619
Cryptographic Protection of Data on Block- Oriented Storage Devices
| Organization: | IEEE |
| Publication Date: | 23 October 2018 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 41 |
scope:
This standard specifies the XTS cryptographic mode of operation for the Advanced Encryption Standard modes (AES) block cipher for block-oriented storage devices.
Purpose
The purpose of this standard is to define the XTS cryptographic mode while maintaining backward compatibility with existing implementations that are compliant with IEEE Std 1619™-2007 [B5].2
2The numbers in brackets correspond to those of the bibliography in Annex A.
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