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RC algorithm

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The RC algorithms' are a set of symmetric-key encryption algorithms invented by Ron Rivest. The "RC" may stand for either "Rivest's cipher" or more informally "Ron's code"

  • RC1 was never published. RC3 was broken before ever being used.
  • See the respective pages for the RC2, RC4, RC5 and RC6 algorithms.
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