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Re: jeeq: ECDSA encryption
by
Shevek
on 06/05/2013, 09:04:32 UTC
Did you look at ECIES?
No, but as I understand the wikipedia article, it seems a bit more complicated (or maybe it's just because I'm not comfortable with KDFs and HMACs)
Can it be used with ECDSA private keys?


AFIK, HMAC is needed only when you use a non self-authenticate symmetric encryption. For example, CTR mode must be used with external authentication (HMAC). But, in principle, CBC does not need HMAC (and so don't KDF, because the shared secret can be used as the single key).