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Re:DarkJPEG by harshreality on Monday July 22, 2013 @08:36PM (#6087440)
That they're using SHA3 as a key generation function to convert a passphrase to a key for encryption? What else would it mean?
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Re:DarkJPEG by yid on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @02:30PM (#6091973)
See the reply by capnrefsmmat
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Re:DarkJPEG by harshreality on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @11:33PM (#6094365)
The wisdom of using a homegrown sha-3 based algorithm for key generation is separate from what "sha-3 key generation" means.
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