Re: Another Dumb Idea for Debunking...


Bill Cox wrote:
(snip)

PS. One more thing. Be aware that RC4 is deprecated. The experts here
(of which I am -not- one) would say to use a modern cipher like AES.
AES is a block cipher, but there are modes of operation that make a
block cipher work like a stream cipher (if that's what you really
want).

In other words, probably not many people will jump in to help, if you
plan to use RC4 in a new project.

Gotta go,
TC (MVP MSAccess)
http://tc2.atspace.com

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