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doc: clarify authenticity of plaintexts in update
PR-URL: #53784 Reviewed-By: Filip Skokan <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Marco Ippolito <[email protected]>
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[`decipher.final()`][] is called. Calling `decipher.update()` after
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[`decipher.final()`][] will result in an error being thrown.
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Even if the underlying cipher implements authentication, the authenticity and
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integrity of the plaintext returned from this function may be uncertain at this
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time. For authenticated encryption algorithms, authenticity is generally only
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established when the application calls [`decipher.final()`][].
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## Class: `DiffieHellman`
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