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authorAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2013-08-08 11:17:56 -0700
committerAlex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>2013-08-08 11:17:56 -0700
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:param bytes initialization_vector: Must be random bytes. They do not need
to be kept secret (they can be included
- in a transmitted message).
+ in a transmitted message). Should be
+ the same number of bytes as the ``key``
+ for the cipher.