Update tutorial and comments for A6 to match Node.js best practices #104
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According to Node's Crypto API docs, the default initialization vector used by the createCipher function is not random enough to protect against brute-force attacks. This code change updates the tutorial and comments for A6 to provide guidance on how to create a properly random IV for use in the AES256 algorithm.