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# noble-ciphers
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Audited & minimal JS implementation of Salsa20, ChaCha and AES.
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- 🔒 [**Audited**](#security) by an independent security firm
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- 🔻 Tree-shakeable: unused code is excluded from your builds
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- 🏎 Fast: hand-optimized for caveats of JS engines
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- 🔍 Reliable: property-based / cross-library / wycheproof tests ensure correctness
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- 💼 AES: ECB, CBC, CTR, CFB, GCM, SIV (nonce misuse-resistant), AESKW, AESKWP
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- 💃 Salsa20, ChaCha, XSalsa20, XChaCha, ChaCha8, ChaCha12, Poly1305
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- 🥈 Two AES implementations: pure JS or friendly wrapper around webcrypto
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- 🪶 29KB (11KB gzipped) for everything, 7KB (3KB gzipped) for ChaCha build
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Take a glance at [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-ciphers/discussions) for questions and support.
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### This library belongs to _noble_ cryptography
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> **noble cryptography** — high-security, easily auditable set of contained cryptographic libraries and tools.
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- Zero or minimal dependencies
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- Highly readable TypeScript / JS code
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- PGP-signed releases and transparent NPM builds
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- All libraries:
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[ciphers](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-ciphers),
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[curves](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-curves),
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[hashes](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-hashes),
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[post-quantum](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-post-quantum),
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4kb [secp256k1](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-secp256k1) /
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[ed25519](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-ed25519)
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- [Check out homepage](https://paulmillr.com/noble/)
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for reading resources, documentation and apps built with noble
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## Usage
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> `npm install @noble/ciphers`
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> `deno add jsr:@noble/ciphers`
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> `deno doc jsr:@noble/ciphers` # command-line documentation
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We support all major platforms and runtimes.
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For React Native, you may need a
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[polyfill for getRandomValues](https://github.com/LinusU/react-native-get-random-values).
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A standalone file
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[noble-ciphers.js](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-ciphers/releases) is also available.
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```js
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// import * from '@noble/ciphers'; // Error: use sub-imports, to ensure small app size
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import { xchacha20poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/chacha';
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```
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- [Examples](#examples)
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- [Encrypt with XChaCha20-Poly1305](#encrypt-with-xchacha20-poly1305)
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- [Encrypt with AES-256-GCM](#encrypt-with-aes-256-gcm)
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- [AES: gcm, siv, ctr, cfb, cbc, ecb](#aes-gcm-siv-ctr-cfb-cbc-ecb)
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- [Friendly WebCrypto AES](#friendly-webcrypto-aes)
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- [AESKW and AESKWP](#aeskw-and-aeskwp)
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- [Auto-handle nonces](#auto-handle-nonces)
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- [Reuse array for input and output](#reuse-array-for-input-and-output)
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- [All imports](#all-imports)
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- [Internals](#internals)
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- [Implemented primitives](#implemented-primitives)
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- [Which cipher should I pick?](#which-cipher-should-i-pick)
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- [How to encrypt properly](#how-to-encrypt-properly)
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- [Nonces](#nonces)
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- [Encryption limits](#encryption-limits)
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- [AES internals and block modes](#aes-internals-and-block-modes)
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- [Security](#security)
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- [Speed](#speed)
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- [Upgrading](#upgrading)
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- [Contributing & testing](#contributing--testing)
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- [License](#license)
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## Examples
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> [!NOTE]
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> Use different nonce every time `encrypt()` is done.
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#### Encrypt with XChaCha20-Poly1305
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```js
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import { xchacha20poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/chacha';
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import { utf8ToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils';
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import { randomBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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const key = randomBytes(32); // random key
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// const key = new Uint8Array([ // existing key
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// 169, 88, 160, 139, 168, 29, 147, 196, 14, 88, 237, 76, 243, 177, 109, 140,
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// 195, 140, 80, 10, 216, 134, 215, 71, 191, 48, 20, 104, 189, 37, 38, 55,
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// ]);
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// import { hexToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils'; // hex key
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// const key = hexToBytes('4b7f89bac90a1086fef73f5da2cbe93b2fae9dfbf7678ae1f3e75fd118ddf999');
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const nonce = randomBytes(24);
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const chacha = xchacha20poly1305(key, nonce);
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const data = utf8ToBytes('hello, noble');
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const ciphertext = chacha.encrypt(data);
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const data_ = chacha.decrypt(ciphertext); // utils.bytesToUtf8(data_) === data
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```
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#### Encrypt with AES-256-GCM
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```js
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import { gcm } from '@noble/ciphers/aes';
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import { utf8ToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils';
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import { randomBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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const key = randomBytes(32);
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const nonce = randomBytes(24);
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const data = utf8ToBytes('hello, noble');
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const aes = gcm(key, nonce);
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const ciphertext = aes.encrypt(data);
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const data_ = aes.decrypt(ciphertext); // utils.bytesToUtf8(data_) === data
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```
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#### AES: gcm, siv, ctr, cfb, cbc, ecb
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```js
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import { gcm, siv, ctr, cfb, cbc, ecb } from '@noble/ciphers/aes';
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import { randomBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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const plaintext = new Uint8Array(32).fill(16);
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for (let cipher of [gcm, siv]) {
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const key = randomBytes(32); // 24 for AES-192, 16 for AES-128
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const nonce = randomBytes(12);
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const ciphertext_ = cipher(key, nonce).encrypt(plaintext);
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const plaintext_ = cipher(key, nonce).decrypt(ciphertext_);
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}
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for (const cipher of [ctr, cbc, cfb]) {
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const key = randomBytes(32); // 24 for AES-192, 16 for AES-128
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const nonce = randomBytes(16);
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const ciphertext_ = cipher(key, nonce).encrypt(plaintext);
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const plaintext_ = cipher(key, nonce).decrypt(ciphertext_);
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}
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for (const cipher of [ecb]) {
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const key = randomBytes(32); // 24 for AES-192, 16 for AES-128
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const ciphertext_ = cipher(key).encrypt(plaintext);
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const plaintext_ = cipher(key).decrypt(ciphertext_);
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}
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```
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#### Friendly WebCrypto AES
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Noble implements AES. Sometimes people want to use built-in `crypto.subtle` instead. However, it has terrible API. We simplify access to built-ins.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Webcrypto methods are always async.
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```js
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import { gcm, ctr, cbc, randomBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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const plaintext = new Uint8Array(32).fill(16);
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const key = randomBytes(32);
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for (const cipher of [gcm]) {
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const nonce = randomBytes(12);
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const ciphertext_ = await cipher(key, nonce).encrypt(plaintext);
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const plaintext_ = await cipher(key, nonce).decrypt(ciphertext_);
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}
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for (const cipher of [ctr, cbc]) {
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const nonce = randomBytes(16);
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const ciphertext_ = await cipher(key, nonce).encrypt(plaintext);
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const plaintext_ = await cipher(key, nonce).decrypt(ciphertext_);
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}
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```
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#### AESKW and AESKWP
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```ts
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import { aeskw, aeskwp } from '@noble/ciphers/aes';
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import { hexToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils';
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const kek = hexToBytes('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F');
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const keyData = hexToBytes('00112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF');
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const ciphertext = aeskw(kek).encrypt(keyData);
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```
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#### Auto-handle nonces
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We provide API that manages nonce internally instead of exposing them to library's user.
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For `encrypt`, a `nonceBytes`-length buffer is fetched from CSPRNG and prenended to encrypted ciphertext.
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For `decrypt`, first `nonceBytes` of ciphertext are treated as nonce.
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```js
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import { xchacha20poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/chacha';
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import { managedNonce } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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import { hexToBytes, utf8ToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils';
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const key = hexToBytes('fa686bfdffd3758f6377abbc23bf3d9bdc1a0dda4a6e7f8dbdd579fa1ff6d7e1');
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const chacha = managedNonce(xchacha20poly1305)(key); // manages nonces for you
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const data = utf8ToBytes('hello, noble');
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const ciphertext = chacha.encrypt(data);
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const data_ = chacha.decrypt(ciphertext);
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```
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#### Reuse array for input and output
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To avoid additional allocations, Uint8Array can be reused
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between encryption and decryption calls.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Some ciphers don't support unaligned (`byteOffset % 4 !== 0`) Uint8Array as
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> destination. It can decrease performance, making the optimization pointless.
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```js
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import { chacha20poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/chacha';
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import { utf8ToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils';
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import { randomBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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const key = randomBytes(32);
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const nonce = randomBytes(12);
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const chacha = chacha20poly1305(key, nonce);
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const input = utf8ToBytes('hello, noble'); // length == 12
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const inputLength = input.length;
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const tagLength = 16;
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const buf = new Uint8Array(inputLength + tagLength);
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const start = buf.subarray(0, inputLength);
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start.set(input); // copy input to buf
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chacha.encrypt(start, buf); // encrypt into `buf`
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chacha.decrypt(buf, start); // decrypt into `start`
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```
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xsalsa20poly1305 also supports this, but requires 32 additional bytes for encryption / decryption,
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due to its inner workings.
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#### All imports
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```js
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import { gcm, siv } from '@noble/ciphers/aes';
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import { xsalsa20poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/salsa';
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import { secretbox } from '@noble/ciphers/salsa'; // == xsalsa20poly1305
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import { chacha20poly1305, xchacha20poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/chacha';
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// Unauthenticated encryption: make sure to use HMAC or similar
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import { ctr, cfb, cbc, ecb } from '@noble/ciphers/aes';
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import { salsa20, xsalsa20 } from '@noble/ciphers/salsa';
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import { chacha20, xchacha20, chacha8, chacha12 } from '@noble/ciphers/chacha';
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// KW
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import { aeskw, aeskwp } from '@noble/ciphers/aes';
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// Utilities
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import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes, bytesToUtf8, utf8ToBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/utils';
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import { managedNonce, randomBytes } from '@noble/ciphers/webcrypto';
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import { poly1305 } from '@noble/ciphers/_poly1305';
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import { ghash, polyval } from '@noble/ciphers/_polyval';
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```
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## Internals
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### Implemented primitives
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- [Salsa20](https://cr.yp.to/snuffle.html) stream cipher, released in 2005.
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Salsa's goal was to implement AES replacement that does not rely on S-Boxes,
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which are hard to implement in a constant-time manner.
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Salsa20 is usually faster than AES, a big deal on slow, budget mobile phones.
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- [XSalsa20](https://cr.yp.to/snuffle/xsalsa-20110204.pdf), extended-nonce
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variant was released in 2008. It switched nonces from 96-bit to 192-bit,
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and became safe to be picked at random.
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- Nacl / Libsodium popularized term "secretbox", a simple black-box
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authenticated encryption. Secretbox is just xsalsa20-poly1305. We provide the
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alias and corresponding seal / open methods. We don't provide "box" or "sealedbox".
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- Check out [PDF](https://cr.yp.to/snuffle/salsafamily-20071225.pdf) and
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[wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20).
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- [ChaCha20](https://cr.yp.to/chacha.html) stream cipher, released
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in 2008. Developed after Salsa20, ChaCha aims to increase diffusion per round.
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It was standardized in [RFC 8439](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8439)
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and is now used in TLS 1.3.
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- [XChaCha20](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-irtf-cfrg-xchacha)
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extended-nonce variant is also provided. Similar to XSalsa, it's safe to use with
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randomly-generated nonces.
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- Check out [PDF](http://cr.yp.to/chacha/chacha-20080128.pdf) and [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa20).
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- [AES](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard)
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is a variant of Rijndael block cipher, standardized by NIST in 2001.
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We provide the fastest available pure JS implementation.
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- We support AES-128, AES-192 and AES-256: the mode is selected dynamically,
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based on key length (16, 24, 32).
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- [AES-GCM-SIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES-GCM-SIV)
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nonce-misuse-resistant mode is also provided. It's recommended to use it,
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to prevent catastrophic consequences of nonce reuse. Our implementation of SIV
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has the same speed as GCM: there is no performance hit.
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- We also have AESKW and AESKWP from
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[RFC 3394](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3394) / [RFC 5649](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5649)
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- Check out [AES internals and block modes](#aes-internals-and-block-modes).
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- We expose polynomial-evaluation MACs: [Poly1305](https://cr.yp.to/mac.html), AES-GCM's [GHash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode) and
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AES-SIV's [Polyval](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES-GCM-SIV).
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- Poly1305 ([PDF](https://cr.yp.to/mac/poly1305-20050329.pdf),
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[wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly1305))
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is a fast and parallel secret-key message-authentication code suitable for
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a wide variety of applications. It was standardized in
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[RFC 8439](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8439) and is now used in TLS 1.3.
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- Polynomial MACs are not perfect for every situation:
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they lack Random Key Robustness: the MAC can be forged, and can't
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be used in PAKE schemes. See
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[invisible salamanders attack](https://keymaterial.net/2020/09/07/invisible-salamanders-in-aes-gcm-siv/).
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To combat invisible salamanders, `hash(key)` can be included in ciphertext,
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however, this would violate ciphertext indistinguishability:
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an attacker would know which key was used - so `HKDF(key, i)`
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could be used instead.
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- Format-preserving encryption algorithm (FPE-FF1) specified in NIST Special Publication 800-38G.
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[See more info](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-38G.pdf).
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### Which cipher should I pick?
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We suggest to use XChaCha20-Poly1305.
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If you can't use it, prefer AES-GCM-SIV, or AES-GCM.
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### How to encrypt properly
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- Use unpredictable key with enough entropy
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- Random key must be using cryptographically secure random number generator (CSPRNG), not `Math.random` etc.
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- Non-random key generated from KDF is fine
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- Re-using key is fine, but be aware of rules for cryptographic key wear-out and [encryption limits](#encryption-limits)
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- Use new nonce every time and [don't repeat it](#nonces)
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- chacha and salsa20 are fine for sequential counters that _never_ repeat: `01, 02...`
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- xchacha and xsalsa20 should be used for random nonces instead
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- AES-GCM should use 12-byte nonces: smaller nonces are security risk
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- Prefer authenticated encryption (AEAD)
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- chacha20poly1305 / aes-gcm / ChaCha + HMAC / AES + HMAC is good
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- chacha20 / aes-ctr / aes-cbc without poly1305 or hmac is bad
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- Flipping bits or ciphertext substitution won't be detected in unauthenticated ciphers
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- Don't re-use keys between different protocols
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- For example, using secp256k1 key in AES can be bad
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- Use hkdf or, at least, a hash function to create sub-key instead
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- If you need AES, only use AES-256 for new protocols
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- For post-quantum security
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### Nonces
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Most ciphers need a key and a nonce (aka initialization vector / IV) to encrypt a data:
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ciphertext = encrypt(plaintext, key, nonce)
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Repeating (key, nonce) pair with different plaintexts would allow an attacker to decrypt it:
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ciphertext_a = encrypt(plaintext_a, key, nonce)
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ciphertext_b = encrypt(plaintext_b, key, nonce)
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stream_diff = xor(ciphertext_a, ciphertext_b) # Break encryption
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So, you can't repeat nonces. One way of doing so is using counters:
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for i in 0..:
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ciphertext[i] = encrypt(plaintexts[i], key, i)
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Another is generating random nonce every time:
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for i in 0..:
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rand_nonces[i] = random()
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ciphertext[i] = encrypt(plaintexts[i], key, rand_nonces[i])
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Counters are OK, but it's not always possible to store current counter value:
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e.g. in decentralized, unsyncable systems.
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Randomness is OK, but there's a catch:
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ChaCha20 and AES-GCM use 96-bit / 12-byte nonces, which implies higher chance of collision.
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In the example above, `random()` can collide and produce repeating nonce.
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Chance is even higher for 64-bit nonces, which GCM allows - don't use them.
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To safely use random nonces, utilize XSalsa20 or XChaCha:
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they increased nonce length to 192-bit, minimizing a chance of collision.
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AES-SIV is also fine. In situations where you can't use eXtended-nonce
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algorithms, key rotation is advised. hkdf would work great for this case.
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### Encryption limits
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A "protected message" would mean a probability of `2**-50` that a passive attacker
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successfully distinguishes the ciphertext outputs of the AEAD scheme from the outputs
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of a random function. See [draft-irtf-cfrg-aead-limits](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-cfrg-aead-limits/) for details.
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- Max message size:
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- AES-GCM: ~68GB, `2**36-256`
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- Salsa, ChaCha, XSalsa, XChaCha: ~256GB, `2**38-64`
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- Max amount of protected messages, under same key:
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- AES-GCM: `2**32.5`
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- Salsa, ChaCha: `2**46`, but only integrity is affected, not confidentiality
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- XSalsa, XChaCha: `2**72`
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- Max amount of protected messages, across all keys:
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- AES-GCM: `2**69/B` where B is max blocks encrypted by a key. Meaning
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`2**59` for 1KB, `2**49` for 1MB, `2**39` for 1GB
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- Salsa, ChaCha, XSalsa, XChaCha: `2**100`
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##### AES internals and block modes
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`cipher = encrypt(block, key)`. Data is split into 128-bit blocks. Encrypted in 10/12/14 rounds (128/192/256bit). Every round does:
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1. **S-box**, table substitution
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2. **Shift rows**, cyclic shift left of all rows of data array
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3. **Mix columns**, multiplying every column by fixed polynomial
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4. **Add round key**, round_key xor i-th column of array
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For non-deterministic (not ECB) schemes, initialization vector (IV) is mixed to block/key;
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and each new round either depends on previous block's key, or on some counter.
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- ECB (Electronic Codebook): Deterministic encryption; identical plaintext blocks yield identical ciphertexts. Insecure due to pattern leakage.
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See [AES Penguin](https://words.filippo.io/the-ecb-penguin/)
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- CBC (Cipher Block Chaining): Each plaintext block is XORed with the previous ciphertext block before encryption.
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Hard to use: requires proper padding and an IV. Needs a separate MAC.
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- CTR (Counter Mode): Turns a block cipher into a stream cipher using a counter and IV (nonce).
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Efficient and parallelizable. Requires a unique nonce per encryption. Better, but still needs a separate MAC.
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- GCM (Galois/Counter Mode): Combines CTR mode with polynomial MAC. Efficient and widely used.
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- SIV (Synthetic IV): Nonce-misuse-resistant mode; repeating nonces reveal only if plaintexts are identical.
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Maintains security even if nonces are reused.
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- XTS: Designed for disk encryption.
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Similar to ECB (deterministic), but has `[i][j]` tweak arguments corresponding to sector i and 16-byte block (part of sector) j.
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Lacks MAC.
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GCM / SIV are not ideal:
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- Conservative key wear-out is `2**32` (4B) msgs
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- MAC can be forged: see Poly1305 section above. Same for SIV
|
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## Security
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|
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The library has been independently audited:
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|
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- at version 1.0.0, in Sep 2024, by [cure53](https://cure53.de)
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|
- PDFs: [website](https://cure53.de/audit-report_noble-crypto-libs.pdf), [in-repo](./audit/2024-09-cure53-audit-nbl4.pdf)
|
||
|
- [Changes since audit](https://github.com/paulmillr/noble-ciphers/compare/1.0.0..main)
|
||
|
- Scope: everything
|
||
|
- The audit has been funded by [OpenSats](https://opensats.org)
|
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|
|
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|
It is tested against property-based, cross-library and Wycheproof vectors,
|
||
|
and has fuzzing by [Guido Vranken's cryptofuzz](https://github.com/guidovranken/cryptofuzz).
|
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|
|
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|
If you see anything unusual: investigate and report.
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Constant-timeness
|
||
|
|
||
|
_JIT-compiler_ and _Garbage Collector_ make "constant time" extremely hard to
|
||
|
achieve [timing attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack) resistance
|
||
|
in a scripting language. Which means _any other JS library can't have
|
||
|
constant-timeness_. Even statically typed Rust, a language without GC,
|
||
|
[makes it harder to achieve constant-time](https://www.chosenplaintext.ca/open-source/rust-timing-shield/security)
|
||
|
for some cases. If your goal is absolute security, don't use any JS lib — including bindings to native ones.
|
||
|
Use low-level libraries & languages. Nonetheless we're targetting algorithmic constant time.
|
||
|
|
||
|
The library uses T-tables for AES, which
|
||
|
[leak access timings](https://cr.yp.to/antiforgery/cachetiming-20050414.pdf).
|
||
|
This is also done in [OpenSSL](https://github.com/openssl/openssl/blob/2f33265039cdbd0e4589c80970e02e208f3f94d2/crypto/aes/aes_core.c#L706) and
|
||
|
[Go stdlib](https://cs.opensource.google/go/go/+/refs/tags/go1.22.6:src/crypto/aes/const.go;l=90) for performance reasons.
|
||
|
The analysis was mentioned in [hal-04652991](https://hal.science/hal-04652991/document).
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Supply chain security
|
||
|
|
||
|
- **Commits** are signed with PGP keys, to prevent forgery. Make sure to verify commit signatures.
|
||
|
- **Releases** are transparent and built on GitHub CI. Make sure to verify [provenance](https://docs.npmjs.com/generating-provenance-statements) logs
|
||
|
- **Rare releasing** is followed to ensure less re-audit need for end-users
|
||
|
- **Dependencies** are minimized and locked-down:
|
||
|
- If your app has 500 dependencies, any dep could get hacked and you'll be downloading
|
||
|
malware with every install. We make sure to use as few dependencies as possible
|
||
|
- We prevent automatic dependency updates by locking-down version ranges. Every update is checked with `npm-diff`
|
||
|
- **Dev Dependencies** are only used if you want to contribute to the repo. They are disabled for end-users:
|
||
|
- scure-base, micro-bmark and micro-should are developed by the same author and follow identical security practices
|
||
|
- prettier (linter), fast-check (property-based testing) and typescript are used for code quality, vector generation and ts compilation. The packages are big, which makes it hard to audit their source code thoroughly and fully
|
||
|
|
||
|
### Randomness
|
||
|
|
||
|
We're deferring to built-in
|
||
|
[crypto.getRandomValues](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/getRandomValues)
|
||
|
which is considered cryptographically secure (CSPRNG).
|
||
|
|
||
|
In the past, browsers had bugs that made it weak: it may happen again.
|
||
|
Implementing a userspace CSPRNG to get resilient to the weakness
|
||
|
is even worse: there is no reliable userspace source of quality entropy.
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Speed
|
||
|
|
||
|
To summarize, noble is the fastest JS implementation of Salsa, ChaCha and AES.
|
||
|
|
||
|
You can gain additional speed-up and
|
||
|
avoid memory allocations by passing `output`
|
||
|
uint8array into encrypt / decrypt methods.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Benchmark results on Apple M2 with node v22:
|
||
|
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
64B
|
||
|
xsalsa20poly1305 x 501,756 ops/sec @ 1μs/op
|
||
|
chacha20poly1305 x 428,082 ops/sec @ 2μs/op
|
||
|
xchacha20poly1305 x 343,170 ops/sec @ 2μs/op
|
||
|
aes-256-gcm x 147,492 ops/sec @ 6μs/op
|
||
|
aes-256-gcm-siv x 122,085 ops/sec @ 8μs/op
|
||
|
# Unauthenticated encryption
|
||
|
salsa20 x 1,288,659 ops/sec @ 776ns/op
|
||
|
xsalsa20 x 1,055,966 ops/sec @ 947ns/op
|
||
|
chacha20 x 1,506,024 ops/sec @ 664ns/op
|
||
|
xchacha20 x 1,064,962 ops/sec @ 939ns/op
|
||
|
chacha8 x 1,683,501 ops/sec @ 594ns/op
|
||
|
chacha12 x 1,628,664 ops/sec @ 614ns/op
|
||
|
aes-ecb-256 x 775,193 ops/sec @ 1μs/op
|
||
|
aes-cbc-256 x 738,552 ops/sec @ 1μs/op
|
||
|
aes-ctr-256 x 737,463 ops/sec @ 1μs/op
|
||
|
|
||
|
1MB
|
||
|
xsalsa20poly1305 x 205 ops/sec @ 4ms/op
|
||
|
chacha20poly1305 x 213 ops/sec @ 4ms/op
|
||
|
xchacha20poly1305 x 213 ops/sec @ 4ms/op
|
||
|
aes-256-gcm x 77 ops/sec @ 12ms/op
|
||
|
aes-256-gcm-siv x 81 ops/sec @ 12ms/op
|
||
|
# Unauthenticated encryption
|
||
|
salsa20 x 498 ops/sec @ 2ms/op
|
||
|
xsalsa20 x 493 ops/sec @ 2ms/op
|
||
|
chacha20 x 506 ops/sec @ 1ms/op
|
||
|
xchacha20 x 506 ops/sec @ 1ms/op
|
||
|
chacha8 x 956 ops/sec @ 1ms/op
|
||
|
chacha12 x 735 ops/sec @ 1ms/op
|
||
|
# Wrapper over built-in webcrypto
|
||
|
webcrypto ctr-256 x 5,068 ops/sec @ 197μs/op
|
||
|
webcrypto cbc-256 x 1,116 ops/sec @ 895μs/op
|
||
|
webcrypto gcm-256 x 4,374 ops/sec @ 228μs/op ± 1.69% [172μs..7ms]
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
Compare to other implementations:
|
||
|
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
xsalsa20poly1305 (encrypt, 1MB)
|
||
|
├─tweetnacl x 108 ops/sec @ 9ms/op
|
||
|
└─noble x 190 ops/sec @ 5ms/op
|
||
|
|
||
|
chacha20poly1305 (encrypt, 1MB)
|
||
|
├─node x 1,360 ops/sec @ 735μs/op
|
||
|
├─stablelib x 117 ops/sec @ 8ms/op
|
||
|
└─noble x 193 ops/sec @ 5ms/op
|
||
|
|
||
|
chacha (encrypt, 1MB)
|
||
|
├─node x 2,035 ops/sec @ 491μs/op
|
||
|
├─stablelib x 206 ops/sec @ 4ms/op
|
||
|
└─noble x 474 ops/sec @ 2ms/op
|
||
|
|
||
|
ctr-256 (encrypt, 1MB)
|
||
|
├─stablelib x 70 ops/sec @ 14ms/op
|
||
|
├─aesjs x 31 ops/sec @ 32ms/op
|
||
|
├─noble-webcrypto x 4,589 ops/sec @ 217μs/op
|
||
|
└─noble x 107 ops/sec @ 9ms/op
|
||
|
|
||
|
cbc-256 (encrypt, 1MB)
|
||
|
├─stablelib x 63 ops/sec @ 15ms/op
|
||
|
├─aesjs x 29 ops/sec @ 34ms/op
|
||
|
├─noble-webcrypto x 1,087 ops/sec @ 919μs/op
|
||
|
└─noble x 110 ops/sec @ 9ms/op
|
||
|
|
||
|
gcm-256 (encrypt, 1MB)
|
||
|
├─stablelib x 27 ops/sec @ 36ms/op
|
||
|
├─noble-webcrypto x 4,059 ops/sec @ 246μs/op
|
||
|
└─noble x 74 ops/sec @ 13ms/op
|
||
|
```
|
||
|
|
||
|
## Contributing & testing
|
||
|
|
||
|
* `npm install && npm run build && npm test` will build the code and run tests.
|
||
|
* `npm run lint` / `npm run format` will run linter / fix linter issues.
|
||
|
* `npm run bench` will run benchmarks, which may need their deps first (`npm run bench:install`)
|
||
|
* `cd build && npm install && npm run build:release` will build single file
|
||
|
|
||
|
Check out [github.com/paulmillr/guidelines](https://github.com/paulmillr/guidelines)
|
||
|
for general coding practices and rules.
|
||
|
|
||
|
See [paulmillr.com/noble](https://paulmillr.com/noble/)
|
||
|
for useful resources, articles, documentation and demos
|
||
|
related to the library.
|
||
|
|
||
|
## License
|
||
|
|
||
|
The MIT License (MIT)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Copyright (c) 2023 Paul Miller [(https://paulmillr.com)](https://paulmillr.com)
|
||
|
Copyright (c) 2016 Thomas Pornin <pornin@bolet.org>
|
||
|
|
||
|
See LICENSE file.
|