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ChaCha20

stream cipher developed by Daniel J. Bernstein
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ChaCha20

Summary

ChaCha20 is a stream cipher[1]. ChaCha20 draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (stream_cipher category, ranking #4 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • ChaCha20 is credited with the discovery of Daniel J. Bernstein[3].
  • ChaCha20's instance of is recorded as stream cipher[4].
  • ChaCha20's based on is recorded as Salsa20[5].
  • ChaCha20's designed by is recorded as Daniel J. Bernstein[6].
  • ChaCha20's described by source is recorded as RFC 7539: ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols[7].
  • ChaCha20's described by source is recorded as RFC 8439: ChaCha20 and Poly1305 for IETF Protocols[8].
  • ChaCha20's replaces is recorded as Salsa20[9].
  • ChaCha20's used by is recorded as Transport Layer Security, version 1.3[10].

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Designation and Status

ChaCha20's instance of is recorded as stream cipher[4].

Why It Matters

ChaCha20 draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (stream_cipher category, ranking #4 of 14).[2] ChaCha20 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

Related Entities

Daniel J. Bernstein

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . RFC 8446: The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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