From: Mark Bainter <Mark@adspp.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 12:29:19 +0800
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Remember, RC4 is now PC1
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Simon Spero wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Bill Stewart wrote:
> 
> > At 10:19 AM 2/24/96 -0800, jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
> > >>From now, instead of saying "RC4" let us say "PC1, (formerly known as RC4)"
> > ..
> > >Every time you say RC4 without saying "Trademark of some bunch of
> > >lawyer scum" you theoretically break the lawyer made law.  So let us
> > >stop doing it.   Serve them right.
> >
> > You can always call it "Ron's Code 4" or "Rivest's Code 4" or whatever.
> 
> Call it  "Prince"
> 

Call it "the cipher formerly known as 'RC4'"



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