Re: [PEN-TEST] RC4

[Robert van der Meulen <rvdm () CISTRON NL>]

Quoting Alan Olsen (alan () CLUESERVER ORG):
> Interestingly enough, RSA Inc tried to keep RC4 and RC2 as "trade
> secrets", only letting you examine them after signing lots of NDAs.  The
> source was revealed when someone posted it through a remailer to the
> Cypherpunks list and sci.crypt. (They reverse engenered it, probably from
> the BSAFE kit.) Sometimes you will see code refered to as "ARC4". This is
> RC4 from the publically released code, but under a different name due to
> Trademark issues. (RC4 is a trademark of RSA Inc.)
You forget to mention that RSA tried to keep them 'trade secrets' partly
because they _themselves_ found 'flaws' or 'weaknesses'. They did not want
to release it publicly, as it was not secure enough.

Greets,
        Robert
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