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Re:Self-Encrypted Cache Structure by Loranubi on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @10:55PM (#21459603)
The first implementation makes sense. However the second "hardened" one is completely broken, because now the cache is encrypted with the dictionary key...
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Re:Self-Encrypted Cache Structure by susano on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @01:53AM (#21460309)
Yes, instead a solution would be:

  encryptionKey = hash(salt + key)
  dictionaryKey = hash(encryptionKey)
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Re:Self-Encrypted Cache Structure by Loranubi on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:21AM (#21571429)
It seems the blog was fixed now (without a note)
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