Question about ctr mode 3des-ede IV len

From: Longpeng (Mike)
Date: Wed Dec 07 2016 - 07:44:07 EST


Hi Jussi and Herbert,

I saw serveral des3-ede testcases(in crypto/testmgr.h) has 16-bytes IV, and the
libgcrypt/nettle/RFC1851 said the IV-len is 8-bytes.

Would you please tell me why these testcases has 16-bytes IV ?

Thank you. :)

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Regards,
Longpeng(Mike)