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		tptacek on Jan 18, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tarsnap critical security bug You're right in the CTR case; I just default to recommending random nonces because that's what you need for CBC.

Natsu on Jan 19, 2011 [–]

And still other times you need secret & random nonces (as for DSA), as Sony learned recently....

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