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    Cryptography I made a minimalist webapp for public-key encryption of messages securely and conveniently

    Cryptography I made a minimalist webapp for public-key encryption of messages securely and conveniently


    I made a minimalist webapp for public-key encryption of messages securely and conveniently

    Posted: 11 Dec 2018 11:41 AM PST

    Question about Block-Mode Counter (CTR): Why is it used as a Stream, and why is the Plaintext mixed with the output after encryption rather than before?

    Posted: 11 Dec 2018 03:07 PM PST

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation#Counter_(CTR)

    Doesn't it make way more sense, and provide way more security, to mix the [PT, IV, and CTR] before encryption? I can't understand why you would want to just encrypt the IV & CTR when you could also toss in the PT...

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