RC4 is a fast and simple stream cipher used correctly in SSL and incorrectly in WEP.
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Google is using RC4, but isn't RC4 considered unsafe?
Why is Google using RC4 for their HTTPS/SSL?
$ openssl s_client -connect www.google.com:443 | grep "Cipher is"
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is RC4-SHA
Isn't RC4 ...
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Does TLS use RC4-drop[n]?
According to many sources, the first few (n) bytes of the RC4 keystream are strongly biased, and therefore should be discarded before using the keystream to encrypt anything; this precaution is ...
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What is the PRG period of stream ciphers such as RC4 or Salsa20?
I am confused about how long a stream cipher can be used before you should change the key. To be concrete, let me use the stream cipher based on RC4 as an example.
Let's say I want to encrypt a very ...
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