# RustCrypto: ChaCha20
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Pure Rust implementation of the [ChaCha20 Stream Cipher][1].
[Documentation][docs-link]
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RustCrypto/meta/master/img/stream-ciphers/chacha20.png" width="300px">
## About
[ChaCha20][1] is a [stream cipher][2] which is designed to support
high-performance software implementations.
It improves upon the previous [Salsa20][3] stream cipher with increased
per-round diffusion at no cost to performance.
This crate also contains an implementation of [XChaCha20][4]: a variant
of ChaCha20 with an extended 192-bit (24-byte) nonce, gated under the
`xchacha20` Cargo feature (on-by-default).
## Implementations
This crate contains the following implementations of ChaCha20, all of which
work on stable Rust with the following `RUSTFLAGS`:
- `x86` / `x86_64`
- `avx2`: (~1.4cpb) `-Ctarget-cpu=haswell -Ctarget-feature=+avx2`
- `sse2`: (~2.5cpb) `-Ctarget-feature=+sse2` (on by default on x86 CPUs)
- Portable
- `soft`: (~5 cpb on x86/x86_64)
NOTE: cpb = cycles per byte (smaller is better)
## Security
### ⚠️ Warning: [Hazmat!][hazmat-link]
This crate does not ensure ciphertexts are authentic (i.e. by using a MAC to
verify ciphertext integrity), which can lead to serious vulnerabilities
if used incorrectly!
To avoid this, use an [AEAD][5] mode based on ChaCha20, i.e. [ChaCha20Poly1305][6].
See the [RustCrypto/AEADs][7] repository for more information.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
### Notes
This crate has received one [security audit by NCC Group][8], with no significant
findings. We would like to thank [MobileCoin][9] for funding the audit.
All implementations contained in the crate (along with the underlying ChaCha20
stream cipher itself) are designed to execute in constant time.
## Minimum Supported Rust Version
Rust **1.41** or higher.
Minimum supported Rust version can be changed in the future, but it will be
done with a minor version bump.
## SemVer Policy
- All on-by-default features of this library are covered by SemVer
- MSRV is considered exempt from SemVer as noted above
## License
Licensed under either of:
* [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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[crate-image]: https://img.shields.io/crates/v/chacha20.svg
[crate-link]: https://crates.io/crates/chacha20
[docs-image]: https://docs.rs/chacha20/badge.svg
[docs-link]: https://docs.rs/chacha20/
[license-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache2.0/MIT-blue.svg
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[hazmat-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/crypto-hazmat%E2%9A%A0%EF%B8%8F-red.svg
[hazmat-link]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/meta/wiki/About-%22hazmat%22-crates
[build-image]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/stream-ciphers/workflows/chacha20/badge.svg?branch=master&event=push
[build-link]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/stream-ciphers/actions?query=workflow%3Achacha20
[//]: # (footnotes)
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20#ChaCha_variant
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_cipher
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20
[4]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-arciszewski-xchacha-02
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption
[6]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs/tree/master/chacha20poly1305
[7]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/AEADs
[8]: https://research.nccgroup.com/2020/02/26/public-report-rustcrypto-aes-gcm-and-chacha20poly1305-implementation-review/
[9]: https://www.mobilecoin.com/