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> The AES implementation uses AES-NI when available (on x86 and x86-64 architecture), but fallback gracefully to a software C implementation.

> The software implementation uses S-Boxes, which might suffer for cache timing issues. However do notes that most other known software implementations, including very popular one (openssl, gnutls) also uses similar implementation.

Oh, well if OpenSSL does it..



Downvotes for quoting from the pages linked, which are defending their use of non-constant time operations by referencing OpenSSL. Do you guys have working brains?




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