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ChaCha20-Poly1305
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<p>ChaCha20-Poly1305 is an <a href="/facts/Authenticated_encryption/u3229wI2">authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD)</a> algorithm, that combines the <a href="/facts/Salsa20/gQjhIf2M">ChaCha20</a> stream cipher with the <a href="/facts/Poly1305/xlqUKmWX">Poly1305</a> message authentication code. It has fast software performance, and without hardware acceleration, is usually faster than <a href="/facts/Galois%2fCounter_Mode/bx43MwfC">AES-GCM</a>.: §B </p>