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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.17 2000/12/21 14:07:41 aaron Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.18 2005/06/07 19:04:58 kjell Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.\" |
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.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> |
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.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> |
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.\" All rights reserved. |
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.\" All rights reserved. |
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An algorithm called |
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An algorithm called |
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.Pa RC4 |
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.Pa RC4 |
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was designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. |
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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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It was considered a trade secret. |
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Because it was a trade secret, it obviously could not be patented. |
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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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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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be equivalent by several sources who had access to the original cipher. |
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