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+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package rc4 implements RC4 encryption, as defined in Bruce Schneier's
+// Applied Cryptography.
+package rc4
+
+// BUG(agl): RC4 is in common use but has design weaknesses that make
+// it a poor choice for new protocols.
+
+import "strconv"
+
+// A Cipher is an instance of RC4 using a particular key.
+type Cipher struct {
+ s [256]uint32
+ i, j uint8
+}
+
+type KeySizeError int
+
+func (k KeySizeError) Error() string {
+ return "crypto/rc4: invalid key size " + strconv.Itoa(int(k))
+}
+
+// NewCipher creates and returns a new Cipher. The key argument should be the
+// RC4 key, at least 1 byte and at most 256 bytes.
+func NewCipher(key []byte) (*Cipher, error) {
+ k := len(key)
+ if k < 1 || k > 256 {
+ return nil, KeySizeError(k)
+ }
+ var c Cipher
+ for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+ c.s[i] = uint32(i)
+ }
+ var j uint8 = 0
+ for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
+ j += uint8(c.s[i]) + key[i%k]
+ c.s[i], c.s[j] = c.s[j], c.s[i]
+ }
+ return &c, nil
+}
+
+// Reset zeros the key data so that it will no longer appear in the
+// process's memory.
+func (c *Cipher) Reset() {
+ for i := range c.s {
+ c.s[i] = 0
+ }
+ c.i, c.j = 0, 0
+}
+
+// xorKeyStreamGeneric sets dst to the result of XORing src with the
+// key stream. Dst and src may be the same slice but otherwise should
+// not overlap.
+//
+// This is the pure Go version. rc4_{amd64,386,arm}* contain assembly
+// implementations. This is here for tests and to prevent bitrot.
+func (c *Cipher) xorKeyStreamGeneric(dst, src []byte) {
+ i, j := c.i, c.j
+ for k, v := range src {
+ i += 1
+ j += uint8(c.s[i])
+ c.s[i], c.s[j] = c.s[j], c.s[i]
+ dst[k] = v ^ uint8(c.s[uint8(c.s[i]+c.s[j])])
+ }
+ c.i, c.j = i, j
+}