[noise] Noise replacements for crypto_box and crypto_secretbox

[Tony Arcieri]

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 10:03 PM, Rhys Weatherley <rhys.weatherley at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm not too familiar with NaCl's primitives, so it may help if there was
> more information.  Are these typically used on their own or as building
> blocks in a larger application protocol?
>

I think the answer is: both.

crypto_secretbox (and in some cases crypto_box) is used by the open
implementation of the Macaroons bearer credential format to provide sealing
for holder-of-key proofs.

I know plenty of people who use both for "sealing" use cases. libsodium
added a first-class facility for sealing a message using crypto_box with an
ephemeral D-H key as well.

-- 
Tony Arcieri
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