Merge #81

81: Note `heapless` support in `aead`, `chacha20poly1305` crates r=therealprof a=tarcieri



Co-authored-by: Tony Arcieri <[email protected]>

Author: bors[bot]

content/2019-11-28-newsletter-21.md

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     - Tutorial 11: [Virtual Memory](https://github.com/rust-embedded/rust-raspi3-OS-tutorials/tree/master/11_virtual_memory)
     - Tutorial 12: [CPU Exceptions: Part 1](https://github.com/rust-embedded/rust-raspi3-OS-tutorials/tree/master/12_cpu_exceptions_part1)
 
+- [@tarcieri] released [`aead`] v0.2, providing generic traits for Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD) ciphers, which now supports [ergonomic `alloc`-free operation][aead-heapless] via an integration with the [`heapless`] crate. This trait is now implemented by [several crates providing pure Rust implementations of AEAD modes][aead-crates] which may be interesting to embedded users seeking to encrypt/data data in `heapless` buffers, including the [`chacha20poly1305`] and [`aes-siv`] crates (and forthcoming support in the [`aes-ccm`] crate).
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 [@japaric]: https://github.com/japaric
 [`ufmt`]: https://crates.io/crates/ufmt/0.1.0
 [@andre-richter]: https://github.com/andre-richter
+[@tarcieri]: https://github.com/tarcieri
+[`aead`]: https://docs.rs/aead
+[`heapless`]: https://docs.rs/heapless
+[aead-heapless]: https://docs.rs/chacha20poly1305/0.3.0/chacha20poly1305/#in-place-usage-eliminates-alloc-requirement
+[aead-crates]: https://github.com/rustcrypto/aeads#crates
+[`chacha20poly1305`]: https://docs.rs/chacha20poly1305/
+[`aes-siv`]: https://docs.rs/aes-siv/
+[`aes-ccm`]: https://github.com/martindisch/aes-ccm/issues/2
 
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