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| author |   deraadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> | 1999-06-30 01:40:18 +0000 |
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| committer | deraadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> | 1999-06-30 01:40:18 +0000 |
| commit | 06976bf9adbdb455ce7bb50479a66ee767e5ab25 (patch) | |
| tree | eb71590f1046896dab2d2784ff9eff3ea425d457 /lib | |
| parent | add reference (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-06976bf9adbdb455ce7bb50479a66ee767e5ab25.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-06976bf9adbdb455ce7bb50479a66ee767e5ab25.zip | |
clarify trade secret issue
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 b/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 index d9797d5d456..bcf98bd9648 100644 --- a/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 +++ b/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.8 1999/05/25 13:06:44 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.9 1999/06/30 01:40:18 deraadt Exp $ .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> .\" All rights reserved. .\" @@ -74,10 +74,15 @@ automatically initializes itself. .Xr rand48 3 , .Xr random 3 .Sh HISTORY +An algorithm call .Pa RC4 -has been designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. It was posted anonymously -to the USENET and was confirmed to be equivalent by several sources who -had access to the original cipher. Since +was designed by RSA Data Security, Inc. It was considered a trade secret, +but not trademarked. +A clone of this was posted anonymously to the USENET and was confirmed to +be equivalent by several sources who had access to the original cipher. +Because of the trade secret situation, RSA Data Security, Inc. can do +nothing about the situation. +Since .Pa RC4 used to be a trade secret, the cipher is now referred to as .Pa ARC4 . |