Authenticated Encryption with Variable Stretch

Explore authenticated encryption with variable stretch in this 25-minute conference talk from Asiacrypt 2016. Delve into topics such as nonce misuse, stretch misuse, counterintuitive behavior, and ciphertext translation attacks. Gain insights into security experiments and the KISS principle. Examine the implications for postdoctoral research in cryptography. Learn from experts Reza Reyhanitabar, Serge Vaudenay, and Damian Vizár as they present their findings on this important cryptographic concept.