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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] chacha20poly1305: Skip encryption/decryption for 0-len
On Sun, Dec 06, 2015 at 02:51:38AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> If the length of the plaintext is zero, there's no need to waste cycles
> on encryption and decryption. Using the chacha20poly1305 construction
> for zero-length plaintexts is a common way of using a shared encryption
> key for AAD authentication.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>

Patch applied. Thanks.
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