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Benderyesterday at 2:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

I would rather avoid cipher fixation. Give me thousands of protocol / cipher / mac / mode combinations. Fixation only benefits nations wanting to crack something.


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inigyoutoday at 1:08 AM

Agility benefits nations wanting to crack something, because they can force you to pick an insecure combination. This has happened in the real world several times before.