Surprised OP didn't mention OCB which has advantages over his suggestions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCB_mode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCB_mode http://w

Surprised OP didn't mention OCB which has advantages over his suggestions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCB_mode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCB_mode http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/ocb/ocb-faq.htm#what-is-ocb http://www.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/ocb/ocb-faq.htm#what-is-o...