LibreCryptography

HCTR: A Variable-Input Length Enciphering Mode (this sounds extremely fucking interesting)

I wonder if there's any way that the hash of a cipher text can be taken since hashes are not invertible (but encryption is).

Feels like it would be a really good idea to encrypt a hashed output (specifically ; not signatures though).

I only say what I said above because if the hash is being used to obfuscate / hide something, then the encryption will ensure that in the worst case scenario, someone will only find a hashed out / mixed version of what they're to decipher (and there's a considerable burden to be able to get to that point).

Need to Definitely Test for the AEAD Quality of This (perhaps if the hash was encrypted with XChacha20 - poly1305?)

Thinking that there's some version of this idea that ties into what I was thinking as it pertains to hash chains.

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91 viewsOct 9, 2021 at 01:23

HCTR: A Variable-Input Length Enciphering Mode (this sounds extremely fucking interesting)

I wonder if there's any way that the hash of a cipher text can be taken since hashes are not invertible (but encryption is).

Feels like it would be a really good idea to encrypt a hashed output (specifically ; not signatures though).

I only say what I said above because if the hash is being used to obfuscate / hide something, then the encryption will ensure that in the worst case scenario, someone will only find a hashed out / mixed version of what they're to decipher (and there's a considerable burden to be able to get to that point).

Need to Definitely Test for the AEAD Quality of This (perhaps if the hash was encrypted with XChacha20 - poly1305?)

Thinking that there's some version of this idea that ties into what I was thinking as it pertains to hash chains.

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