!!! Overview
[{$pagename}]is a [NIST Special Publication] titled as "Recommendation for [Block Cipher Modes] of Operation: Methods and Techniques"

[{$pagename}] defines [Block Cipher Modes] of operation for use with an underlying [Symmetric Key] [Block Cipher] [algorithm]: 
* [Electronic Code Book] ([ECB])
* [Cipher Block Chaining] ([CBC]), 
* [Cipher FeedBack] ([CFB])
* [Output FeedBack] ([OFB])
* [Counter mode] ([CTR])
* [Counter mode] with [CBC-MAC] (CCM)
* [Galois-Counter Mode] (GCM)
* There may also be others

Used with an underlying [Block Cipher] [algorithm] that is approved in a [Federal Information Processing Standard] ([FIPS]), these [Block Cipher Modes] can provide [cryptographic] protection for sensitive, but unclassified, computer data.

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* [#1] - [Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques|https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38a.pdf|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-08-08-