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From: Elichai Turkel <elichai.turkel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 22:06:21 -0400
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Hi everyone,
About the nonce being 64bit. (rfc7539 changed it to 96bit, which djb later
calls xchacha)

You suggest that we use the "message sequence number" as the nonce for
Chacha20, Is this number randomly generate or is this a counter?
And could it be reseted without rekeying?

If it is randomly generated then 64bit isn't secure enough. And we should
either move to the chacha20 from RFC7539 which has 96bit nonce and 32bit
counter or increment it manually every time.

If it's simply a counter then 64bit nonce should be fine :)

Thanks,
Elichai.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi everyone,<br>About the nonce being 64bit. (rfc7539 chan=
ged it to 96bit, which djb later calls xchacha)<div><br>You suggest that we=
 use the &quot;message sequence number&quot; as the nonce for Chacha20, Is =
this number randomly generate or is this a counter? <br>And could it be res=
eted without rekeying?<br></div><div><br>If it is randomly generated then 6=
4bit isn&#39;t secure enough. And we should either move to the chacha20 fro=
m RFC7539 which has 96bit nonce and 32bit counter or increment it manually =
every time.<br></div><div><br>If it&#39;s simply a counter then 64bit nonce=
 should be fine :)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Elichai.<br><=
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