From 915a46b16cf4f61778e4b30364e299026656a60e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sergey Matveev Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 23:49:56 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] /dev/zero encryption is not an option Because output stream contains plaintext block lengths. --- README | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 56d4e80..a307e8d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ widening supported platforms. gohpenc is incompatible with hpenc and much simpler: * it uses only ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithm -* no random data generation mode -- just encrypt /dev/zero. Poly1305 - still be used, but it is fast enough to close eyes on it +* no random data generation mode * no metadata in output stream and no structure validation. Only blocks authentication * simpler key derivation -- new key for each block -- 2.44.0