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64 .Fa "const unsigned char *data"
69 .Fa "unsigned long len"
70 .Fa "const unsigned char *indata"
71 .Fa "unsigned char *outdata"
74 This library implements the alleged RC4 cipher, which is described for
76 .Qq Applied Cryptography .
77 It is believed to be compatible with RC4[TM], a proprietary cipher of
80 RC4 is a stream cipher with variable key length.
81 Typically, 128-bit (16-byte) keys are used for strong encryption, but
82 shorter insecure key sizes have been widely used due to export
85 RC4 consists of a key setup phase and the actual encryption or
98 encrypts or decrypts the
104 and places the result at
110 yield a continuous key stream.
112 Since RC4 is a stream cipher (the input is XOR'ed with a pseudo-random
113 key stream to produce the output), decryption uses the same function
119 do not return values.
122 .Xr EVP_EncryptInit 3
127 are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
129 This cipher is broken and should no longer be used.