Algorithm selection is explicit via enums or feature flags - you choose ChaCha20-Poly1305 (the default, post-quantum-safe at 256 bits) or AES-256-GCM (when you want hardware acceleration), and the API ...
.. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h :doc: Asynchronous AEAD Request Handle .. kernel-doc:: include/crypto/aead.h :functions: crypto_aead_reqsize aead_request_set ...
Quantum computing advancements pose security challenges for cryptography. Specifically, Grover’s search algorithm affects the reduction in the search complexity of symmetric-key encryption and hash ...
Two of ASCON's native features highlighted in NIST's announcement are AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) and hashing. AEAD is an encryption mode that provides confidentiality and ...
October 25, 2021 -- Authenticated encryption (AE) with Associate Data (AD) schemes are used to protect simultaneously both the confidentiality and authenticity of data. The most popular AEAD scheme is ...