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I'm researching RC4 and I am trying to recreate a condition where RC4 is crackable. However I can't quite find the article/resource I need to find the weakness for an implementation like this (python): 

from Crypto.Cipher import ARC4
f = open('key.txt')
key = f.readline().strip()

o = open('output.txt','w')
f = open('input.txt')
for line in f:
    cipher = ARC4.new(key)
    print >>o, cipher.encrypt(line).encode('hex')

I know the weakness is that the same key is used to encrypt the traffic, however I need a hint as to how this might impact the security of the algorithm.

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    $\begingroup$ Hint: what would you get if you xor two of the ciphertexts together? $\endgroup$
    – poncho
    May 26, 2016 at 12:24
  • $\begingroup$ The key stream? $\endgroup$
    – Don
    May 26, 2016 at 12:34
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    $\begingroup$ Potentially interesting as it contains links to papers and infos related to your Q as well as some python files to play with in the “Resources” section $\rightarrow$ rc4nomore.com $\endgroup$
    – e-sushi
    May 26, 2016 at 12:51
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    $\begingroup$ @Don, no, you get the xor of the two plaintexts. $\endgroup$
    – mikeazo
    May 26, 2016 at 13:01

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