Salsa20

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Contents 1 Algorithm Type: Stream Cipher 2 Key Lengths 3 Links 4 Papers About This Algorithm

Algorithm Type: Stream Cipher

• Designers: Daniel J. Bernstein
• Published in: 2005
• Standards: ESTREAM Portfolio (rev. 1) (2008)
• Cryptanalysis status: not yet broken (note: this may be out of date. please see papers section to see how up to date the entries are)

Key Lengths

• Valid key lengths: 128 bits, 256 bits

Links

• Home page of Salsa20

• Wikipedia entry

Papers About This Algorithm

Title	Published in	Proposed	Defined	Analyzed	Wounded	Broken
Salsa20 specification	2005		Salsa20
Salsa20 design	2005	Salsa20
Salsa20 security	2005			Salsa20
Non-randomness in eSTREAM Candidates Salsa20 and TSC-4	2006			Salsa20
Differential Cryptanalysis of Salsa20/8	2007			Salsa20
New Features of Latin Dances: Analysis of Salsa, ChaCha, and Rumba	2007			ChaCha Rumba20 Salsa20
ESTREAM Portfolio (rev. 1)	2008