From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb57f,9d00a7db22818139 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb57f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,9d00a7db22818139 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-26 17:40:16 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!63.208.208.143!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,sci.crypt Subject: Re: Arcfour in Ada Message-ID: References: <983158039.27320.0.nnrp-08.9e98cc46@news.demon.co.uk> <3A9ADBAE.EFF0B8AC@multiweb.nl> Organization: LJK Software Date: 26 Feb 2001 20:39:47 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 983237989 216.44.122.34 (Tue, 27 Feb 2001 01:39:49 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 01:39:49 GMT Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5554 sci.crypt:19051 Date: 2001-02-26T20:39:47-05:00 List-Id: In article <3A9ADBAE.EFF0B8AC@multiweb.nl>, Thomas Boschloo writes: > Why did you decide to go for arcfour and not the AES > http://www.nist.gov/aes ? AFAIK Arcfour or RC4 was originally a > 'security by obscurity' cypher (Arcfour was (now illegal) reverse > engineered from RC4 by www.rsa.com). Regardless of the merits of various algorithms, it helps to use the same algorithm as the person with whom you are trying to communicate. RC4 is present in several widely used applications.