justintroutman

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   by justintroutman 12y ago

   Not that you're implying this, but just to be clear: I haven't ever hinted or suggested the NSA had a hand in this. I don't think they did. I can't think of a reason it would make sense. Lastly, I do not think Niels woul
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   by justintroutman 12y ago

   I'm okay with being trumped by Phil; that's fair. :) I'm largely in agreement with you, and I enjoyed your article on XTS. My general thought towards Elephant's contribution to CBC is that it forced coarse-grained manipu
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   by justintroutman 13y ago

   I noticed some things that concern me, and while I neither have an active attack, or the time* to formalize one, I'll leave these concerns here for discussion, and take part when time permits. First, the KDF really bugs me. Essentially