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 [//]: # (badges)
 
 [deps-image]: https://deps.rs/repo/github/RustCrypto/AEADs/status.svg
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 [deps-link]: https://deps.rs/repo/github/RustCrypto/AEADs
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 [chat-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-blue.svg
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 [chat-link]: https://rustcrypto.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/260038-AEADs
 
 [//]: # (general links)
 
 [AEAD]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
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 [IND-CCA3]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2004/272.pdf
 
 [//]: # (crates)
 
 [`aead`]: https://docs.rs/aead
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 [`aes-ccm`]: https://crates.io/crates/aes-ccm
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 [`aes-gcm`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/aes-gcm
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 [`aes-gcm-siv`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/aes-gcm-siv
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 [`aes-siv`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/aes-siv
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 [`ascon-aead`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/ascon-aead
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 [`belt-dwp`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/belt-dwp
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 [`ccm`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/ccm
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 [`chacha20poly1305`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/chacha20poly1305
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 [`deoxys`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/deoxys
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 [`eax`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/eax
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 [`mgm`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/mgm
 
 [//]: # (algorithms)
 
 [AES-GCM]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode
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 [AES-GCM-SIV]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES-GCM-SIV
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 [AES-SIV]: https://github.com/miscreant/meta/wiki/AES-SIV
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 [Ascon]: https://ascon.iaik.tugraz.at/
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 [CCM]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCM_mode
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 [Deoxys-I/II]: https://sites.google.com/view/deoxyscipher
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 [EAX]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAX_mode
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 [MGM]: https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/123.pdf
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 [BeltDwp]: https://apmi.bsu.by/assets/files/std/belt-spec372.pdf
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 [(X)ChaCha20Poly1305]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8439