Timeline for Advantages and disadvantages of Stream versus Block Ciphers
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| Oct 23, 2013 at 13:45 | comment | added | Bruno Rohée | None is more secure by nature, it's really how you use them. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:24 | comment | added | trusktr | You forgot to mention which is generally more secure (stream vs block). | |
| Apr 3, 2011 at 5:38 | comment | added | Bruno Rohée | Well I'd say CTR and OFB are constructions to make a stream cipher from a block cipher. That's another great thing with block ciphers, they can easily be used as building blocks for other things, be it stream ciphers or one way hashes. Stream ciphers are not that versatile. | |
| Apr 3, 2011 at 3:17 | comment | added | D.W. | on your first paragraph: there are modes of operation for block ciphers that don't need padding, either: e.g., CTR mode. So this is not an advantage that is unique to stream ciphers. But +1 to your last paragraph -- well said! | |
| Apr 2, 2011 at 13:45 | history | answered | Bruno Rohée | CC BY-SA 2.5 |