12 () posted 3 years ago by ghost_of_aswartz 3 years ago by ghost_of_aswartz +15 / -3 10 comments share 10 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Totally stupid.
Cryptographic nonce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce
Homonyms can have the same spelling.
The word nonce has a long history in a "use once" context, and I am fairly certain that the cryptographers who used it were not thinking of British prison slang.