Replace XTEA with BLAKE2b-based MAC

[govpn.git] / doc / news.texi

diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
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--- a/doc/news.texi
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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ See also this page @ref{Новости, on russian}.
 @item Optional ability to use syslog for logging, with
 @url{https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424, RFC 5424}-like
 structured records.
+@item XTEA algorithm is not used anymore for nonce obfuscation.
+BLAKE2-MAC is used instead. Encryptionless mode now really does not
+depend on encryption functions.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Release 5.7