From my point of view, an authenticator (e.g. HMAC) is only necessary in case of...

		Itsameee on June 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: KeePass – questionable security From my point of view, an authenticator (e.g. HMAC) is only necessary in case of a protocol-based transmission. -> And no, I don't mean to put the file (that is completly read first) on the dropbox. An authentication between the main memory and the CPU is obviously not required.