Crypto protocols that are simple, fast, and secure
Noise is a framework for building crypto protocols. Noise protocols support mutual and optional authentication, identity hiding, forward secrecy, zero round-trip encryption, and other advanced features.
Specs
The main document is the Noise Protocol Framework. Several extensions are being developed, see the wiki for more details.
Code
Open source implementations exist in C, C#, Go (1,2), Haskell, Java, Javascript, Python (1,2) and Rust.
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Wiki
Visit the wiki for more info, explanations, and work-in-progress specs and code.
Adopters
Noise is currently used by WhatsApp, WireGuard, Lightning, and I2P.