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Attacks on RC4 are publically theoretical but people have come forward to say that the NSA[1], and likely other intelligence agencies, can break RC4 in real tim
by EthanHeilman 12y ago
Attacks on RC4 are publically theoretical but people have come forward to say that the NSA[1], and likely other intelligence agencies, can break RC4 in real time. Given what we know about the theoretical attacks, this does not stretch the imagination.
[1]: https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/398059565947699200 https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/398059565947699200
- tptacek 12y agoThe attacks are not "theoretical". They are in fact trivial to implement. What you mean to say here is that the attacks are difficult to launch in practice. That is true: while the code to attack RC4 is simple, the attack generates a huge amount of bandwidth.