Technical Breakdown of AEAD and AEAD-SIV with Ascon

Article Cover: Technical Breakdown of AEAD Introduction Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) is an extended encryption method. AEAD is useful when only part of a message needs encryption. Network traffic is a typical example. A network packet has two parts: a header and a body. The header remains in plaintext. Routers must read the header to process the packet. The body of the…