Rephrase text on the loss of security properties due to nonce reuse

Issue #24 resolved
Mališa Vučinić created an issue

Tag: WGLC

Göran Selander wrote (https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/6tisch/fWK4i3bs3r4VmFCkSoGzgtlWSuo):

"Failure to comply will break the confidentiality property of the Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) algorithm due to the nonce reuse."

Nonce reuse also causes loss of authenticity and integrity, i.e.essentially breaks the security guarantees.

Yes, of course, will state this explicitly.

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