[rfc-dist] RFC 4345 on Improved Arcfour Modes for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol

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        RFC 4345

        Title:      Improved Arcfour Modes for the 
                    Secure Shell SSH Transport Layer Protocol 
        Author:     B. Harris
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       January 2006
        Mailbox:    bjh21 at bjh21.me.uk
        Pages:      5
        Characters: 8967
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-harris-ssh-arcfour-fixes-03.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4345.txt

This document specifies methods of using the Arcfour cipher in the
Secure Shell (SSH) protocol that mitigate the weakness of the
cipher\'s key-scheduling algorithm.  [STANDARDS TRACK].

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
USC/Information Sciences Institute

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