The cr.yp.to microblog: 2013.01.15 17:55:55

2013.01.15 17:55:55 (291227225427177473) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green)" (291209561979883521):

@matthew_d_green AES + an AE mode will give you an authenticated cipher, but teaming up with a cipher designer should give better results!

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2013.01.15 16:45:44 (291209561979883521) from "Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green)", replying to "JP Aumasson (@veorq)":

@aumasson So do authenticated modes of operation count as authenticated ciphers?