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  <h1>Package rc4</h1>




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Package rc4 implements RC4 encryption, as defined in Bruce Schneier&#39;s
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				<dd><a href="index.html#Cipher">type Cipher</a></dd>
				
					
					<dd>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="index.html#NewCipher">func NewCipher(key []byte) (*Cipher, error)</a></dd>
				
				
					
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			<h2 id="Cipher">type <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/crypto/rc4/rc4.go?s=457:509#L5">Cipher</a></h2>
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A Cipher is an instance of RC4 using a particular key.
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				<h3 id="NewCipher">func <a href="http://localhost:6060/src/crypto/rc4/rc4.go?s=769:812#L18">NewCipher</a></h3>
				<pre>func NewCipher(key []<a href="../../builtin/index.html#byte">byte</a>) (*<a href="index.html#Cipher">Cipher</a>, <a href="../../builtin/index.html#error">error</a>)</pre>
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NewCipher creates and returns a new Cipher.  The key argument should be the
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Reset zeros the key data so that it will no longer appear in the
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XORKeyStream sets dst to the result of XORing src with the key stream.
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			<li><a href="http://localhost:6060/src/crypto/rc4/rc4.go?s=271:379#L1">&#x261e;</a> RC4 is in common use but has design weaknesses that make
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