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From: "Julian Morrison" <julian@extropy.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Arcfour in Ada
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 05:28:17 +0000
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"Benjamin Goldberg" <goldbb2@earthlink.net> wrote:

> But AES is slower, more awkward, and has more overhead.  Also, even if
> ARC4 might not be not quite as secure as AES, it is surely *secure
> enough* for this application.

Besides, someone else has already written AES in ada...