From c5e1641d9fc962743fdfc9d66ca32716ed089bc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tamarafinogina <tamara@internxt.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:52:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] remove aux hashing

---
 src/symmetric-crypto/aes.ts  |  8 +++-----
 src/symmetric-crypto/core.ts | 12 +-----------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/symmetric-crypto/aes.ts b/src/symmetric-crypto/aes.ts
index df031d8..e4ef1cf 100644
--- a/src/symmetric-crypto/aes.ts
+++ b/src/symmetric-crypto/aes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createNISTbasedIV, makeAuxFixedLength, encryptMessage, decryptMessage } from './core';
+import { createNISTbasedIV, encryptMessage, decryptMessage } from './core';
 import { concatBytes } from '@noble/hashes/utils.js';
 import { IV_LEN_BYTES } from '../constants';
 
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ export async function encryptSymmetrically(
 ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
   try {
     const iv = createNISTbasedIV(freeField);
-    const additionalData = await makeAuxFixedLength(aux);
-    const ciphertext = await encryptMessage(message, encryptionKey, iv, additionalData);
+    const ciphertext = await encryptMessage(message, encryptionKey, iv, aux);
     return concatBytes(ciphertext, iv);
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error('Failed to encrypt symmetrically', { cause: error });
@@ -41,10 +40,9 @@ export async function decryptSymmetrically(
   aux: Uint8Array,
 ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
   try {
-    const additionalData = await makeAuxFixedLength(aux);
     const ciphertext = encryptedMessage.slice(0, encryptedMessage.length - IV_LEN_BYTES);
     const iv = encryptedMessage.slice(encryptedMessage.length - IV_LEN_BYTES);
-    const result = await decryptMessage(ciphertext, iv, encryptionKey, additionalData);
+    const result = await decryptMessage(ciphertext, iv, encryptionKey, aux);
     return result;
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error('Failed to decrypt symmetrically', { cause: error });
diff --git a/src/symmetric-crypto/core.ts b/src/symmetric-crypto/core.ts
index e43b613..a95c506 100644
--- a/src/symmetric-crypto/core.ts
+++ b/src/symmetric-crypto/core.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { gcm as aeadCipher } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto.js';
 import { randomBytes } from '@noble/post-quantum/utils.js';
 import { getBytesFromData } from '../hash';
-import { AUX_BYTE_LEN, IV_LEN_BYTES } from '../constants';
+import { IV_LEN_BYTES } from '../constants';
 
 /**
  * Creates an initialization vector (IV) using RGB-based construction (8.2.2 NIST Special Publication 800-38D)
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@ export function createNISTbasedIV(freeField?: Uint8Array): Uint8Array {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Hashes aux string to make it fixed-length
- *
- * @param aux - The auxilay string of arbitrary length
- * @returns The resulting fixed-length auxilary string.
- */
-export async function makeAuxFixedLength(aux: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array> {
-  return getBytesFromData(AUX_BYTE_LEN, aux);
-}
-
 /**
  * Symmetrically encrypts message
  *