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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 2000 15:45:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        kris@FreeBSD.org (Kris Kennaway)
Cc:        archie@whistle.com (Archie Cobbs), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/crypto/rc4 rc4.c rc4.h
Message-ID:  <200004092245.PAA39182@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004091519440.60937-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> from Kris Kennaway at "Apr 9, 2000 03:21:54 pm"

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Kris Kennaway writes:
> > Kris Kennaway writes:
> > > >   Added files:
> > > >     sys/crypto/rc4       rc4.c rc4.h 
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   A simplified RC4 implementation for kernel use.
> > > 
> > > You mean arcfour, right?
> > 
> > Right!
> 
> The choice of file naming was unfortunate since it's not in fact RC4 which
> is AFAIK still a trademark, even though the algorithm itself is not
> protected. But perhaps you could at least force-commit the clarification
> to the repo.

I figured since /usr/src/crypto/openssl/crypto/rc4/rc4.[ch]
already exist in the tree then there was a precedent.

But I'll add a commit message also.

-Archie

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