RC4 - RC4-based Cryptosystems

RC4-based Cryptosystems

  • WEP
  • WPA (default algorithm, but can be configured to use AES-CCMP instead of RC4)
  • BitTorrent protocol encryption
  • Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption
  • Opera Mini
  • Secure Sockets Layer (optionally)
  • Secure shell (optionally)
  • Remote Desktop Protocol
  • Kerberos (optionally)
  • SASL Mechanism Digest-MD5 (optionally)
  • Gpcode.AK, an early June 2008 computer virus for Microsoft Windows, which takes documents hostage for ransom by obscuring them with RC4 and RSA-1024 encryption
  • PDF
  • Skype (in modified form)

Where a cryptosystem is marked with "(optionally)", RC4 is one of several ciphers the system can be configured to use.

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