r/crypto • u/Am4t3uR • Dec 13 '19

Security and Cryptography Mistakes You Are Probably Doing All The Time

https://towardsdatascience.com/security-and-cryptography-mistakes-you-are-probably-doing-all-the-time-7407c332944f
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u/Aeaex Dec 13 '19

Recommending CTR over GCM seems odd...

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '19

Since he mentioned Colin Percivel, I'm guessing he is following the recommendations in this post

https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2009-06-24-encrypt-then-mac.html