On 03/30/2017 08:47 AM, Andreas Straub wrote:
> GCM also isn't
> quite as easily available on some platforms as we'd like, whereas CBC
> and HMAC are pretty much ubiquitous.

The HTTP/2 spec mandates support of
TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 [1] and I'd guess HTTP/2 is
already supported everywhere that any OMEMO client would live.

I'd rather see it use an AEAD algorithm than hold back due to outdated
reasons.

[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540#section-9.2.2
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