ChaCha20-Poly1305 Cipher Suites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
RFC 7905
| Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (June 2016; Errata) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authors | Adam Langley , Wan-Teh Chang , Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos , Joachim Strombergson , Simon Josefsson | ||
| Last updated | 2018-12-20 | ||
| Replaces | draft-mavrogiannopoulos-chacha-tls | ||
| Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Sean Turner | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2016-03-10) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 7905 (Proposed Standard) | |
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| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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| Responsible AD | Stephen Farrell | ||
| Send notices to | "Sean Turner" <sean@sn3rd.com> | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | IANA OK - Actions Needed | |
| IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack | ||
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) A. Langley
Request for Comments: 7905 W. Chang
Updates: 5246, 6347 Google, Inc.
Category: Standards Track N. Mavrogiannopoulos
ISSN: 2070-1721 Red Hat
J. Strombergson
Secworks Sweden AB
S. Josefsson
SJD AB
June 2016
ChaCha20-Poly1305 Cipher Suites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Abstract
This document describes the use of the ChaCha stream cipher and
Poly1305 authenticator in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and
Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocols.
This document updates RFCs 5246 and 6347.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7905.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. ChaCha20 Cipher Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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RFC 7905 ChaCha-Poly1305 for TLS June 2016
1. Introduction
This document describes the use of the ChaCha stream cipher and
Poly1305 authenticator in version 1.2 or later of the Transport Layer
Security (TLS) protocol [RFC5246] as well as version 1.2 or later of
the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol [RFC6347].
ChaCha [CHACHA] is a stream cipher developed by D. J. Bernstein in
2008. It is a refinement of Salsa20, which is one of the selected
ciphers in the eSTREAM portfolio [ESTREAM], and it was used as the
core of the SHA-3 finalist, BLAKE.
The variant of ChaCha used in this document has 20 rounds, a 96-bit
nonce, and a 256-bit key; it is referred to as "ChaCha20". This is
the conservative variant (with respect to security) of the ChaCha
family and is described in [RFC7539].
Poly1305 [POLY1305] is a Wegman-Carter, one-time authenticator
designed by D. J. Bernstein. Poly1305 takes a 256-bit, one-time key
and a message, and it produces a 16-byte tag that authenticates the
message such that an attacker has a negligible chance of producing a
valid tag for an inauthentic message. It is described in [RFC7539].
ChaCha and Poly1305 have both been designed for high performance in
software implementations. They typically admit a compact
implementation that uses few resources and inexpensive operations,
which makes them suitable on a wide range of architectures. They
have also been designed to minimize leakage of information through
side-channels.
Recent attacks [CBC-ATTACK] have indicated problems with the CBC-mode
cipher suites in TLS and DTLS, as well as issues with the only
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