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		spopejoy on Oct 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elliptic Curve Cryptography for Beginners > the pitfalls of AES-GCM Can you elaborate a little on this? I ask because Noise protocol standardizes on AES-GCM or ChaChaPoly, will apps using Noise with AES-GCM face "pitfalls"?

spopejoy on Oct 13, 2017 [–]

I found this discussion which is perhaps germane, about sensitivity to nonce repetition: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2017/05/14/aesgcmsiv.html

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