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by saagarjha 1484 days ago
PAC is ARMv8.3, and Apple implements their own custom algorithm rather than QARMA.
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Yeah, ISA says you can. I wouldn't be surprised if other people pick other implementations, I'm not entirely sure why ARM felt the need for QARMA in the first place given there are already extensive choices for lightweight block ciphers, but... there you are.