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223	Why is writing your own encryption discouraged?
68	SHA512 faster than SHA256?
67	Why do wireless keyboards only use 128-bit AES? Why not 256?
42	What is the difference between a HMAC and a hash of data?
35	What does it mean for a random number generator to be cryptographically secure?

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+10	What is the difference between a HMAC and a hash of data?
+10	Reason(s) for using a KDF for encryption keys
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11	Streaming API to authenticated encryption
11	Entropy when iterating cryptographic hash functions
11	Physical analogue for MACs
8	Encrypting or HMACing password digests
3	Infinite depth BLAKE2b tree hashing

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346 encryption × 29	83 sha-512 × 4
226 hash × 21	54 key-derivation × 5
212 aes × 25	54 argon2 × 3
85 hmac × 7	52 random-number-generator × 4
85 sha-256 × 4	48 randomness × 4

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12	Why not use `<`, `>` or `==` in constant time comparison?
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4	How do I tack on “additional data” to libsodium's public-key authenticated encryption?

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