From: Mark Wooding Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:32:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: symm/rc4.h: Mention that RC4 isn't really very good. X-Git-Tag: 2.2.0~7^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/catacomb/commitdiff_plain/e5f5b7998244ff2a758a0c7caa232d4a70e48c54 symm/rc4.h: Mention that RC4 isn't really very good. --- diff --git a/symm/rc4.h b/symm/rc4.h index d707a29e..1e34c508 100644 --- a/symm/rc4.h +++ b/symm/rc4.h @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ * trade secret of RSA Data Security, Inc., but somehow source code for a * cipher which interworks with RC4 was posted to the Cypherpunks mailing * list. + * + * RC4 has some quite bad biases, and its use for cryptographic purposes is + * no longer recommended. */ #ifndef CATACOMB_RC4_H