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eran
on June 14, 2011
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My weekend project - AES encryption for Gmail or a...
I use counter mode with 256 bit key Key is generated as sha256 hash of the user password
tptacek
on June 14, 2011
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That's also not a secure way of generating an AES key; those crypto keys can be cracked quickly. The problem you're trying to solve is the entire reason for PBKDF2.
You should also use SJCL's AES.
bdhe
on June 14, 2011
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You should also use SJCL's AES.
Here's the link:
http://bitwiseshiftleft.github.com/sjcl/
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