XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  writes:   
   > Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   >   
   >> The need for symmetric encryption systems to include a MAC to   
   >> prevent this kind of issue has been understood for a long time.   
   >   
   > 🏆💯   
   >   
   > Just want to point out you used the term “symmetric” in the sense in   
   > which I think it *should* be used: to refer to encryption systems   
   > where the encryption and decryption algorithms are one and the same.   
   >   
   > Too often the term is used to refer to systems where the same key is   
   > used for encryption and decryption -- I think these should more   
   > properly be called “secret-key” systems.   
      
   Please stop trolling.   
      
   (For anyone in doubt, symmetric encryption refers to single-key   
   encryption schemes, not encryption schemes were encryption and   
   decryption are the same operation.)   
      
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