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Authentication Tag validation, is it a must? #15

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jordig100 opened this issue Nov 5, 2020 · 0 comments
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Authentication Tag validation, is it a must? #15

jordig100 opened this issue Nov 5, 2020 · 0 comments
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jordig100 commented Nov 5, 2020 •
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The spec says:
During decryption the implementation should compare the authentication tag computed during decryption with the specified Authentication Tag and fail if they don't match.

For security reasons, better specify as "MUST compare" and "MUST fail if they don't match".
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@jordig100 jordig100 changed the title It doesn't specify whether AAD validation Authentication Tag validation, is it a must? Nov 5, 2020
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