RFC 8439: ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols

This document defines the ChaCha20 stream cipher as well as the use of the Poly1305 authenticator, both as stand-alone algorithms and as a "combined mode", or…

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Outgoing relationships (1 related RFC)

Obsoletes — RFC 7539: ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9147: The Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Protocol Version 1.3
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9053: CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE): Initial Algorithms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9231: Additional XML Security Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9771: Properties of Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) Algorithms