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chacha20-universal
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Chacha20 implemented in Javascript.
npm install chacha20-universal
var crypto = require('crypto')
var Chacha20 = require('chacha20')
var key = crypto.randomBytes(32)
var nonce = crypto.randomBytes(24)
var out = Buffer.alloc(5)
var xor = new Chacha20(nonce, key)
xor.update(out, Buffer.from('hello'))
xor.update(out, Buffer.from('world'))
console.log(out)
// e.g. <Buffer 7c 77 23 51 f9>
xor.finalize()
var xor = chacha20(nonce, key, [counter])Create a new xor instance.
nonce should be a 12 byte buffer/uint8array and key should be 32 byte. An optional counter may be passed as a number.
xor.update(output, input)Update the xor instance with a new input buffer, the result is written to output buffer. output should be the same byte length as input.
xor.final()Call this method last. Clears internal state.
MIT
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chacha20 in pure javascript
We found that chacha20-universal demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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