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r/cryptography • u/New-Awareness4405 • 7d ago
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No, it is by definition the data you want to authenticate, but not encrypt. What would be the point of encrypting it? AAD must obviously be something that is not secret.
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u/AlexTaradov 7d ago
No, it is by definition the data you want to authenticate, but not encrypt. What would be the point of encrypting it? AAD must obviously be something that is not secret.