ChaCha20

wikipedia:ChaCha20 (2008)

• OpenSSH 8.3 (May 2020) ssh(1), sshd(8): prefer to use chacha20 from libcrypto where possible instead of the (slower) portable C implementation included in OpenSSH.

Related terms

• Poly1305
• /dev/urandon
• Daniel J. Bernstein

See also

• SSH: ssh, TLS, .ppk, .pem, .crt, .pub, ED25519, Key exchange method (KEX), public key, private key, ssh -Q kex, IAMUserSSHKeys, known_hosts, ssh tunnel, Dropbear
• Cipher, Supported Ciphers, AES, DES, Galois/Counter Mode (GCM), CBC, ChaCha20