Code review of the XSalsa20Poly1305 crate // Lib.rs

RUSTSEC-2023-0037 (unmaintained) on 2023-05-16: crate has been renamed to crypto_secretbox

This crate has been forked/renamed from xsalsa20poly1305 to crypto_secretbox.

The new repository location is at:

https://github.com/RustCrypto/nacl-compat/tree/master/crypto_secretbox

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The current version of XSalsa20Poly1305 is 0.9.1.

0.8.0 (older version) Rating: Strong Positive Thoroughness: High Understanding: High

by cure53 on 2022-02-24

Cure53 audit report can be found here https://cure53.de/pentest-report_rust-libs_2022.pdf

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To review the actual code of the crate, it's best to use cargo crev open xsalsa20poly1305. Alternatively, you can download the tarball of xsalsa20poly1305 v0.9.1 or view the source online.