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RC4 2
NAME
setupRC4state, rc4, rc4skip, rc4back - alleged rc4 encryption
SYNOPSIS
#include <u.h>

#include <libc.h>

#include <mp.h>

#include <libsec.h>

void setupRC4state(RC4state *s, uchar *seed, int slen)

void rc4(RC4state *s, uchar *data, int dlen)

void rc4skip(RC4state *s, int nbytes)

void rc4back(RC4state *s, int nbytes)

DESCRIPTION

This is an algorithm alleged to be Rivest's RC4 encryption function. It is a pseudo-random number generator with a 256 byte state and a long cycle. The input buffer is XOR'd with the output of the generator both to encrypt and to decrypt. The seed, entered using setupRC4state , can be any length. The generator can be run forward using rc4 , skip over bytes using rc4skip to account lost transmissions, or run backwards using rc4back to cover retransmitted data. The RC4state structure keeps track of the algorithm.

SOURCE
/sys/src/libsec
SEE ALSO
mp (2), aes (2), blowfish (2), des (2), dsa (2), elgamal (2), rsa (2), sechash (2), prime (2), rand (2)