[PATCH] RSA RC4

[Werner Koch]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:37:00 +0100, Florian Weimer said:

> In this case, I'm not sure.  RC4 is probably still considered a trade
> secret by RSA (the company), and I don't think you can easily claim
> that your code implements RC4.

There is another reason that the name arcfour is sufficient: Other
free tools use that name (e.g. ssh used to have rc4 support, still?)
and one can expect that someone going to use a cryptographic algorithm
with difficile properties should know about the name and trademark
issue.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner