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What is a characteristic of using the Electronic Code Book mode of DES encryption?
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Submitted by marco_it· Apr 18, 2026Cryptography
Question
What is a characteristic of using the Electronic Code Book mode of DES encryption?
Options
- AA given block of plaintext and a given key will always produce the same ciphertext.
- BRepetitive encryption obscures any repeated patterns that may have been present in the
- CIndividual characters are encoded by combining output from earlier encryption routines with
- DThe previous DES output is used as input.
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#ECB mode#Block cipher modes#DES encryption