Comment Comment by traceroute66 > lack of support for AES-256 GCMWhy do you need AES ?Age uses ChaCha20-Poly1305 which is more than good enough, and has the added benefit of being an algorithm that is optimised for software only implementation and doesn't need hardware support (e.g. AES-NI instruction set). parent traceroute66 4 years ago
Why do you need AES ?
Age uses ChaCha20-Poly1305 which is more than good enough, and has the added benefit of being an algorithm that is optimised for software only implementation and doesn't need hardware support (e.g. AES-NI instruction set).