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Birthday attack doesn't apply here; the HMAC an attacker would be trying to collide with is fixed and stored elsewhere, encrypted. Don't give me the "don't rol
by koverstreet 10y ago
Birthday attack doesn't apply here; the HMAC an attacker would be trying to collide with is fixed and stored elsewhere, encrypted.
Don't give me the "don't roll your own encryption", I've been doing my homework and I've been very explicit about what I'm not confident enough to analyze myself.
If you're even suggesting a MAC per file, honestly you're not qualified here.
- orf 10y agoThat is a terrible comment to make and comes across as overly hostile to someone who is only trying to help. Cool project though.
- EdHominem 10y agoHow HN. Someone offers canned advice and the project maintainer's reasonable response gets hellbanned. The real joke is that the advice to not roll your own came with the poster's own half-baked suggestion...
- orf 10y agoNobody got hellbanned, and the response was less than reasonable as you can well see. Even more so given that the post was asking for feedback. The only content was that the birthday attack doesn't apply. If the comment was so canned and pointless then don't reply.