Hi everybody,

I'm having trouble using stream ciphers in Crypto++ 5.5.1.

The FAQ says that the easiest way to use a stream cipher is to use
ARC4, but ARC4 is in the Weak namespace and has vulnerabilities, so I
don't want to use it.  I'd like to use Panama or Salsa20, but my C++
knowledge is limited and I can't figure out how to use it from reading
the source code.  I know there are modes for standard block ciphers to
make them like stream ciphers, but I'm trying to stick with a pure
stream cipher for now.  I've traced the test program to find the
ObjectFactoryRegistry but it seems like a lot of code for one object.

Are there any tutorials/examples on how to use the 'recommended'
stream ciphers?  Do I need to use the object factories used in the
test programs?  Also, is it time to update the FAQ (http://
www.cryptopp.com/fom-serve/cache/30.html) since its last update was
nearly seven years ago and still seems to recommend the use of ARC4?

My apologies if I missed some documentation or something really
obvious.

Thanks


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