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/// \details Crypto++ rejects all-0's shared secrets due to small elements. The
/// TweetNaCl library allowed them but the library predated the attack. If you wish
/// to allow small elements then use the "unchecked" versions of crypto_box_unchecked,
/// crypto_box_open_unchecked and crypto_box_beforenm_unchecked. Also see <A
/// HREF="https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806.pdf">May the Fourth Be With You: A
/// Microarchitectural Side Channel Attack on Several Real-World Applications of
/// Curve25519</A>, <A
/// HREF="https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/675149b9b8b66ff4">libsodium
/// commit 675149b9b8b66ff4</A> and <A HREF="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7748">RFC
/// 7748, Elliptic Curves for Security</A>, Section 6.
/// \details TweetNaCl is well written but not well optimzed. It runs 2x to 4x
/// crypto_box_open_unchecked and crypto_box_beforenm_unchecked.
/// \details TweetNaCl is well written but not well optimzed. It runs 2x to 3x
/// slower than optimized routines from libsodium. However, the library is still
/// 2x to 4x faster than the algorithms NaCl was designed to replace.
/// \details The Crypto++ wrapper for TweetNaCl requires OS features. That is,
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/// must be enabled. You can use another generator like <tt>RDRAND</tt> to
/// avoid the restriction.
/// \sa <A HREF="https://tweetnacl.cr.yp.to/tweetnacl-20140917.pdf">TweetNaCl:
/// A crypto library in 100 tweets</A> (20140917)
/// A crypto library in 100 tweets</A> (20140917), <A
/// HREF="https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/806.pdf">May the Fourth Be With You: A
/// Microarchitectural Side Channel Attack on Several Real-World Applications of
/// Curve25519</A>, <A
/// HREF="https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/commit/675149b9b8b66ff4">libsodium
/// commit 675149b9b8b66ff4</A> and <A HREF="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7748">RFC
/// 7748, Elliptic Curves for Security</A>, Section 6.
/// \since Crypto++ 6.0
#ifndef CRYPTOPP_NACL_H