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clarify trade secret issue

OPENBSD_2_6
deraadt 25 years ago
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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.8 1999/05/25 13:06:44 aaron Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.9 1999/06/30 01:40:18 deraadt Exp $
.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>
.\" All rights reserved. .\" All rights reserved.
.\" .\"
@ -74,10 +74,15 @@ automatically initializes itself.
.Xr rand48 3 , .Xr rand48 3 ,
.Xr random 3 .Xr random 3
.Sh HISTORY .Sh HISTORY
An algorithm call
.Pa RC4 .Pa RC4
has been designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. It was posted anonymously
to the USENET and was confirmed to be equivalent by several sources who
had access to the original cipher. Since
was designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. It was considered a trade secret,
but not trademarked.
A clone of this was posted anonymously to the USENET and was confirmed to
be equivalent by several sources who had access to the original cipher.
Because of the trade secret situation, RSA Data Security, Inc. can do
nothing about the situation.
Since
.Pa RC4 .Pa RC4
used to be a trade secret, the cipher is now referred to as used to be a trade secret, the cipher is now referred to as
.Pa ARC4 . .Pa ARC4 .

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