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> When I ssh to my servers, it uses ChaCha20 by default. OpenSSH, when using ChaCha20, also uses Poly1305 (also designed by djb) as its MAC for the AEAD. Also

by chjj 10y ago

> When I ssh to my servers, it uses ChaCha20 by default. OpenSSH, when using ChaCha20, also uses Poly1305 (also designed by djb) as its MAC for the AEAD. Also, some good news: ChaCha20+Poly1305 will soon be the default cipher+mac for the bitcoin p2p network.