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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.8 1999/05/25 13:06:44 aaron Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.9 1999/06/30 01:40:18 deraadt Exp $ |
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.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> |
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.\" All rights reserved. |
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.\" |
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.Xr rand48 3 , |
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.Xr random 3 |
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.Sh HISTORY |
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An algorithm call |
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.Pa RC4 |
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has been designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. It was posted anonymously |
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to the USENET and was confirmed to be equivalent by several sources who |
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had access to the original cipher. Since |
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was designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. It was considered a trade secret, |
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but not trademarked. |
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A clone of this was posted anonymously to the USENET and was confirmed to |
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be equivalent by several sources who had access to the original cipher. |
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Because of the trade secret situation, RSA Data Security, Inc. can do |
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nothing about the situation. |
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Since |
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.Pa RC4 |
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used to be a trade secret, the cipher is now referred to as |
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.Pa ARC4 . |