From a899ce4ba4c404d342bf892b8b756b66fc65d6b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Baldwin Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 15:17:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] The ChaCha20 counter is little endian, not big endian. Reviewed by: cem Sponsored by: Netflix Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28755 --- share/man/man7/crypto.7 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man7/crypto.7 b/share/man/man7/crypto.7 index ccc2d1fc9be..6e5bd83621a 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/crypto.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/crypto.7 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd February 18, 2021 +.Dd March 3, 2021 .Dt CRYPTO 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ counter rollover. .Dv CRYPTO_CHACHA20 accepts a 16 byte IV. The first 8 bytes are used as a nonce. -The last 8 bytes are used as 64-bit big-endian block counter. +The last 8 bytes are used as a 64-bit little-endian block counter. .Ss Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data Algorithms AEAD algorithms in OCF combine a stream cipher with an authentication algorithm to provide both secrecy and authentication.