On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:40:05 GMT, Artur Barashev <[email protected]> wrote:

> 12 bytes is the recommended size for GCM per NIST SP 800-38D:
> 
> For IVs, it is recommended that implementations restrict support to the 
> length of 96 bits, to
> promote interoperability, efficiency, and simplicity of design.`
> 
> Larger IV size requires an extra hashing step (GHASH). Currently we have it 
> set to 16 bytes.

Hm, if there are no test changes needed. We might Need to add some. Should we 
dynamically accept 12-16 Byte IVs? Not sure why the mail talked about 96 Bits 
for Mac as well, but I think even NIST prefers 128 (in fact that’s a major 
weakness going forward that’s its limited to the blockiere)

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28971#issuecomment-3688471422

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