So What Modes Can You Have For Symmetric Key?

GCM, CBC, CFB8, CFB, OFB, GCM, CTR, and XTS

Symmetric key encryption is the workhorse of cybersecurity. Its main task is to preserve the privacy of data, but sometimes it can also be used to authenticate the message (using a Message Authentication Code — MAC). Generally, it is much faster than asymmetric key (aka public key encryption) and can be run on…