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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.14 2000/04/18 02:31:34 aaron Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.15 2000/04/28 21:02:55 deraadt Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> |
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.\" All rights reserved. |
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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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An algorithm called |
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.Pa RC4 |
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was designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. |
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It was considered a trade secret, 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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Because it was a trade secret, it obviously could not be patented. |
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A clone of this was posted anonymously to USENET and 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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nothing about the release of the ARC4 algorithm. |
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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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