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Expand Up @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ cookies = {}
# 'firstblock'. This mode assumes that the first block of the ciphertext is the IV (most common)
# 'knownIV'. This mode allows for user provided IV
# 'unknown'. Use this mode when you do not know the IV and it is not the first block but still wish to decrypt all but the first block, or re-encrypt all but the first block for encryption
# 'lastblock'. This has not been implemented yet, but it may be in the future as it is a rare but possible configuration
# 'anchorBlock'. Use this mode when you have a separate, known-valid ciphertext whose first block
# should be used as the IV/anchor. This is useful for encryption mode when you need a valid first
# block from an existing ciphertext to anchor the new encrypted payload. Requires anchorCiphertext.


# choose from one of the above modes
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#IV should be in decimal list format. For example: [72,65,82,65,77,66,69]
iv = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]

# If using anchorBlock mode, specify the anchor ciphertext (encoded in the same format as encodingMode)
# The first block of this ciphertext will be extracted and used as the IV.
anchorCiphertext =

# The oracle defines the information leak that is abused to know when padding is valid. This is typically an error message.
# There are several trigger modes depending on the situation. Sometimes you will want to look for a specific phrase, other times you want to look for an absence of that phrase.

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