IDK what to say other than I agree with the assertions that paulmillr (npub10jc…3kag) made.
- ChaCha20 is a stronger symmetric cipher period. (arguably more than 10%, but then again all stream ciphers are weak to certain attacks anyway)
- Versioning for future compat (again big deal IMO)
- MACs are useful when used outside of DMs such as in nip46 (eventually)
- Nonces add "noise" for forward secrecy (big deal IMO) when your dms are just sitting on public servers just waiting to be cracked. Really helps prevent ciphertext only attacks. Much less difficult when we know it's users likely sending text notes, and often in a predictable language.
I think we're all cranky, trust me I complain daily, but we're like a year into this protocol. If we are arguing compatibility this early, I don't think ill engage.
My references: specifically probability and stream cipher attacks (section 1)
https://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/courses/OnlineCrypto/
ChipTuner
npub1qd…3fqm7
2024-07-12 18:16:04
in reply to nevent1q…hupt
Author Public Key
npub1qdjn8j4gwgmkj3k5un775nq6q3q7mguv5tvajstmkdsqdja2havq03fqm7Published at
2024-07-12 18:16:04Event JSON
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