[zeromq-dev] CurveZMQ: 16 vs 8 bit nonces

[Pieter Hintjens]

It says, in the RFC: "We use two kinds of nonces in CurveZMQ. A long
nonce protects permanent keys, and is 16 octets from a good random
number generator. A short nonce protects transient keys and is an
8-octet sequential number."

http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:26

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Diego Duclos
<diego.duclos at palmstonegames.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been reading up on the CurveZMQ and CurveCP specs.
> I've noticed they use a mix if 8 and 16 bytes nonces, who are then all
> passed to 24 bytes using a constant prefix.
> I was wondering when 8 byte and when 16 byte nonces are chosen as well as
> why.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Diego Duclos
> Palm Stone Games
>
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