[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4206] [PATCH] Add cipher alias for ChaCha20

[Kurt Roeckx via RT]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 03:01:28PM +0000, Short, Todd via RT wrote:
> Hello OpenSSL.org<http://OpenSSL.org>:
> 
> This is a patch for the master branch. The changes in master to add ChaCha20 to OpenSSL do not include an alias for the cipher in the "openssl cipher" command, nor in the cipher functions., even though the necessary constants have been defined. The attached patch adds that alias.
> 
> The following openssl commands now behave as expected:
> 
> openssl ciphers CHACHA20
> openssl ciphers CHACHA20:AES

Please at least also update the documentation, like ciphers.pod.

I'm also not sure if CHACHA20 should only select those in
combination with Poly1305, even if those are currently the only
supported.


Kurt