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Re:Rolling your own crypto: Everything you need to build AES... by feanaro on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:42AM (#32080923)
The "don't roll your own crypto" is a mantra mostly useful for deciding what to put into production, not as a general ban on even touching the stuff before you become some kind of mythical, long-bearded, tome-possessing wizard.

I thought this was pretty obvious but I guess this important context was not sufficiently disseminated given the prevalence of the latter position.

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Re:Rolling your own crypto: Everything you need to build AES... by bowsamic on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:27AM (#32081210)
Almost all mantras that are stated in absolutes will be accepted by the public in every single possible way. Unfortunately, and I know it sounds unbelievable, for a lot of people it really has become "don't even think of learning about crypto", not just "don't use your own crypto in prod"
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