Hello all, If I exchange messages with a system and the messages are encrypted with a symmetric key, what further benefit would we get by using a MAC (Message Authentication Code) along with the message encryption? Being new to all this, using the encrytpion and MAC together seem redundant.
Thanks,
--Erik Ostermueller
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