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The unmentionable algorithm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamesd@echeque.com)
Sat Apr 19 18:25:21 1997
From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 14:24:04 +0800
To: coderpunks@toad.com, cryptography@c2.net
RC4 seems to me clearly superior to all other symmetric
key algorithms. Its elegant simplicity makes it unlikely
that there is some hidden flaw that no one has yet discovered,
and it has withstood concentrated and vigorous attack by many
great cryptographers, and it is very fast.
If one used this a commercial product, but refrained from
calling it RC4, one should be legally on very strong ground.
If however, one called it RC4, one might well be guilty of
various ill defined commercial crimes. (Stealing the reputation
of Ron Rivest and RSA Data Security inc)
Have any commercial products used this approach successfully,
called it something other than and not paid and not been sued?
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