git: ee1e39b012f6 - stable/13 - The ChaCha20 counter is little endian, not big endian.
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:06:58 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by jhb:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ee1e39b012f6239539cc0293eb0495e237d033ca
commit ee1e39b012f6239539cc0293eb0495e237d033ca
Author: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-03-03 23:17:37 +0000
Commit: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-10-21 15:51:23 +0000
The ChaCha20 counter is little endian, not big endian.
Reviewed by: cem
Sponsored by: Netflix
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28755
(cherry picked from commit a899ce4ba4c404d342bf892b8b756b66fc65d6b5)
---
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 ccc2d1fc9be3..6e5bd83621aa 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.