Le_Forgeron wrote:
> For instance, it is used in Wep (wifi)... and wep-keybreaker are everywhere.

Not because RC4 is easy to break, tho, but because RC4 is a stream cypher 
being used to encrypt multiple small unordered packets from multiple 
sources, so most of the key winds up being put into every packet.

RC4 used as a stream cypher is much stronger than RC4 used as a block cypher.

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