Re: Non-PK encryption not vulnerable via low key length?!

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> RC2 and RC4 are both trade secrets of RSA Data Security, Inc.  A
> bootleg version of RC4 was posted to the net last year; from everything
> I've heard, including some comments from Jim Bidzos, the president of
> RSADSI, it was the real thing.

If they are both trade secrets, then they aren't elligible for patent
protection -- sauce for the gander.

Does anyone on this list have the RC4 source or a pointer to it?
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