Winged Wolf wrote:

> I've been able to find no references to any patents on the RC4 algorithm,
> but I did find reference to the patents on the IDEA algorithm (which I
> don't think is used in SSL, but I may be mistaken).  If anyone knows what
> patents cover RC4, I'd appreciate knowing them.  Thanks!

AFAIK IDEA is only used in ssh if you chose so, furthermore, you can always use
Blowfish which appears to be faster and free. I haven't heard of any RC4
patents either.
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