[Cryptography] Question re: Initialization Vector for AES Counter Mode…

[Jason Cooper]

Hey Jon,

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:35:39PM -0700, Jon Callas wrote:
> AEZ is an amazing tweakable construction from Rogaway and others, and
> has great promise.

And what I really like about AEZ is the concept of variable length
authentication tokens.  You can seriously consider per-packet AEAD
constructions with minimal size overhead as long as you have an
orthogonal method of preventing replays.

thx,

Jason.