1994-09-15 - if this is RC4

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From: Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-09-15 18:59:51 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 11:59:51 PDT

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From: Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 11:59:51 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: if this is RC4
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Assuming for the moment that alleged-RC4 came from the keyboard of Ron
Rivest, my question is whether to look at this as an amateur cipher from a
famous cryptologist -- or as a carefully designed cipher from a
professional.  If it's the latter, we should probably look for some
underlying strengths the way the community picked apart S-box design rules
years ago.

 - Carl






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