[noise] Are boxes intended to ever be used independently of pipes?

[Stephen Touset]

Is there any intent for Noise Boxes to be used standalone (e.g., like gpg output)?

If not, why not? If so, is there an “official” way to bypass deriving ephemeral keys through a handshake? This will obviously leak the identity of (at a minimum) the recipient, but it seems like it would potentially be a useful feature.

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Stephen Touset
stephen at squareup.com