Encryption

Supported Ciphers

               |  Python   |    libev    |     Go    |  node.js

------------------ | --------- | ----------- | ----------| --------- OpenSSL (AES, etc) | Y | Y | Y | Y RC4-MD5 | Y | Y | Y | Y Salsa20, Chacha20 | Y | Y | N | N

• aes-256-cfb: Default
• aes-128-cfb
• aes-192-cfb
• aes-256-ofb
• aes-128-ofb
• aes-192-ofb
• aes-128-ctr
• aes-192-ctr
• aes-256-ctr
• aes-128-cfb8
• aes-192-cfb8
• aes-256-cfb8
• aes-128-cfb1
• aes-192-cfb1
• aes-256-cfb1
• bf-cfb
• camellia-128-cfb
• camellia-192-cfb
• camellia-256-cfb
• cast5-cfb
• chacha20
• idea-cfb
• rc2-cfb
• rc4-md5
• salsa20
• seed-cfb

Installing M2Crypto will make encryption a little faster.

Debian:

apt-get install python-m2crypto

CentOS:

yum install m2crypto

rc4-md5

rc4-md5 is a safe, fast encryption that use different key per connection. It is recommended for OpenWRT routers.

salsa20 and chacha20

salsa20 and chacha20 are fast stream ciphers. Optimized salsa20 implementation on x86_64 is even 2x faster than rc4 (but slightly slower on ARM).

Install libsodium >= 1.0.0 if you want to use them.

apt-get install build-essential
wget https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/releases/download/1.0.1/libsodium-1.0.1.tar.gz
tar xf libsodium-1.0.1.tar.gz
cd libsodium-1.0.1
./configure && make -j2 && make install
ldconfig

Deprecated Ciphers

These legacy ciphers are either slow or not safe. Do not use them:

• rc4
• des-cfb
• table
• salsa20-ctr