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Re:Practical Cryptography for Developers by tptacek on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @08:39PM (#26562154)
It's not useful, and you shouldn't use it. PGP uses a variant of CFB (and is dunked on regularly for it).

Modern systems all tend to use CTR-derived AEAD modes; if I wasn't doing a sealed AEAD, I'd probably do CTR+HMAC.

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