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authorderaadt <>2008-12-23 18:31:02 +0000
committerderaadt <>2008-12-23 18:31:02 +0000
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repair the ARC4 story; ok jmc djm millert
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-rw-r--r--src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.312
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diff --git a/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 b/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3
index 2a12c6d94e..d9f07ade6e 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3
+++ b/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.26 2008/06/09 06:04:02 jmc Exp $ 1.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.27 2008/12/23 18:31:02 deraadt Exp $
2.\" 2.\"
3.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> 3.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>
4.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
30.\" 30.\"
31.\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros 31.\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros
32.\" 32.\"
33.Dd $Mdocdate: June 9 2008 $ 33.Dd $Mdocdate: December 23 2008 $
34.Dt ARC4RANDOM 3 34.Dt ARC4RANDOM 3
35.Os 35.Os
36.Sh NAME 36.Sh NAME
@@ -125,11 +125,13 @@ It was considered a trade secret.
125Because it was a trade secret, it obviously could not be patented. 125Because it was a trade secret, it obviously could not be patented.
126A clone of this was posted anonymously to USENET and confirmed to 126A clone of this was posted anonymously to USENET and confirmed to
127be equivalent by several sources who had access to the original cipher. 127be equivalent by several sources who had access to the original cipher.
128Because of the trade secret situation, RSA Data Security, Inc. can do 128Because of the trade secret situation, RSA Data Security, Inc. could
129nothing about the release of the ARC4 algorithm. 129do nothing about the release of the
130.Ql Alleged RC4
131algorithm.
130Since 132Since
131.Pa RC4 133.Pa RC4
132used to be a trade secret, the cipher is now referred to as 134was trademarked, the cipher is now referred to as
133.Pa ARC4 . 135.Pa ARC4 .
134.Pp 136.Pp
135These functions first appeared in 137These functions first appeared in