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I studied that code and the comment for a good 10 minutes. As far as I can tell it just obfuscates, and is not actually implementing authenticated encryption.

by cide1 3y ago

I studied that code and the comment for a good 10 minutes. As far as I can tell it just obfuscates, and is not actually implementing authenticated encryption. It would help to just come out and say that part out loud.

tptacek 3y ago
True fact: Salsa20 is itself a hash function, keyed, and running in a counter mode.