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		JoachimS 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that h... "RC4, short for Rivist Cipher 4". No, "Ron's Code 4". And the default will now be AES-SHA1, where SHA-1 is to be deprecate by NIST in 2030. (https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/12/nist-retires-s...)

ComputerGuru 20 days ago | [–]

SHA1 as a MAC for AES encryption is different from SHA-1 as a hash algorithm and remains secure, though there are of course better alternatives.

suprfsat 20 days ago | [–]

Ronald's Kryptosystem 4

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