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X25519 for TLS

Category
Security
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 50)
Intent stage
None

Summary

Curve25519, designed by Prof. Dan Bernstein, is one of the two curves selected by the CFRG for recommendation. When compared to P-256, the most commonly used curve in TLS today, it admits simpler, faster implementations that are more naturally resistant to side-channels. In Chrome 50, we will be adding support for X25519, the Diffie-Hellman primitive over curve25519, to TLS.

Standards & signals

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