Re: OpenVPN and ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption

Peter Davis via Openvpn-users <[email protected]>
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>On Thursday, February 8th, 2024 at 10:21 PM, Jochen Bern <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 08.02.24 19:36, Peter Davis via Openvpn-users wrote:
> 
> > Why OpenVPN does not support ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption?
> 
> 
> You sure?
> 
> > $ openvpn --show-ciphers | grep -i cha
> > CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256 bit key, stream cipher, TLS client/server mode only)
> 
> 
> (FWIW, OpenVPN 2.6.8 and, more relevant to the point, OpenSSL 3.0.9.)
> 
> Kind regards,
> --
> Jochen Bern
> Systemingenieur
> 
> Binect GmbH
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Hi,
Thanks.
I didn't know that command. Why OpenVPN articles uses AES-256-GCM? Is it better?
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