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| 3 From: sterndark@netcom.com (David Sterndark) | |
| 4 Subject: RC4 Algorithm revealed. | |
| 5 Message-ID: <sternCvKL4B.Hyy@netcom.com> | |
| 6 Sender: sterndark@netcom.com | |
| 7 Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) | |
| 8 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] | |
| 9 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 06:35:31 GMT | |
| 10 Lines: 263 | |
| 11 Xref: ghost.dsi.unimi.it sci.crypt:27332 alt.security:14732 comp.security.misc:1
1701 alt.privacy:16026 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 I am shocked, shocked, I tell you, shocked, to discover | |
| 14 that the cypherpunks have illegaly and criminally revealed | |
| 15 a crucial RSA trade secret and harmed the security of | |
| 16 America by reverse engineering the RC4 algorithm and | |
| 17 publishing it to the world. | |
| 18 | |
| 19 On Saturday morning an anonymous cypherpunk wrote: | |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 SUBJECT: RC4 Source Code | |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 I've tested this. It is compatible with the RC4 object module | |
| 26 that comes in the various RSA toolkits. | |
| 27 | |
| 28 /* rc4.h */ | |
| 29 typedef struct rc4_key | |
| 30 { | |
| 31 unsigned char state[256]; | |
| 32 unsigned char x; | |
| 33 unsigned char y; | |
| 34 } rc4_key; | |
| 35 void prepare_key(unsigned char *key_data_ptr,int key_data_len, | |
| 36 rc4_key *key); | |
| 37 void rc4(unsigned char *buffer_ptr,int buffer_len,rc4_key * key); | |
| 38 | |
| 39 | |
| 40 /*rc4.c */ | |
| 41 #include "rc4.h" | |
| 42 static void swap_byte(unsigned char *a, unsigned char *b); | |
| 43 void prepare_key(unsigned char *key_data_ptr, int key_data_len, | |
| 44 rc4_key *key) | |
| 45 { | |
| 46 unsigned char swapByte; | |
| 47 unsigned char index1; | |
| 48 unsigned char index2; | |
| 49 unsigned char* state; | |
| 50 short counter; | |
| 51 | |
| 52 state = &key->state[0]; | |
| 53 for(counter = 0; counter < 256; counter++) | |
| 54 state[counter] = counter; | |
| 55 key->x = 0; | |
| 56 key->y = 0; | |
| 57 index1 = 0; | |
| 58 index2 = 0; | |
| 59 for(counter = 0; counter < 256; counter++) | |
| 60 { | |
| 61 index2 = (key_data_ptr[index1] + state[counter] + | |
| 62 index2) % 256; | |
| 63 swap_byte(&state[counter], &state[index2]); | |
| 64 | |
| 65 index1 = (index1 + 1) % key_data_len; | |
| 66 } | |
| 67 } | |
| 68 | |
| 69 void rc4(unsigned char *buffer_ptr, int buffer_len, rc4_key *key) | |
| 70 { | |
| 71 unsigned char x; | |
| 72 unsigned char y; | |
| 73 unsigned char* state; | |
| 74 unsigned char xorIndex; | |
| 75 short counter; | |
| 76 | |
| 77 x = key->x; | |
| 78 y = key->y; | |
| 79 | |
| 80 state = &key->state[0]; | |
| 81 for(counter = 0; counter < buffer_len; counter ++) | |
| 82 { | |
| 83 x = (x + 1) % 256; | |
| 84 y = (state[x] + y) % 256; | |
| 85 swap_byte(&state[x], &state[y]); | |
| 86 | |
| 87 xorIndex = (state[x] + state[y]) % 256; | |
| 88 | |
| 89 buffer_ptr[counter] ^= state[xorIndex]; | |
| 90 } | |
| 91 key->x = x; | |
| 92 key->y = y; | |
| 93 } | |
| 94 | |
| 95 static void swap_byte(unsigned char *a, unsigned char *b) | |
| 96 { | |
| 97 unsigned char swapByte; | |
| 98 | |
| 99 swapByte = *a; | |
| 100 *a = *b; | |
| 101 *b = swapByte; | |
| 102 } | |
| 103 | |
| 104 | |
| 105 | |
| 106 Another cypherpunk, this one not anonymous, tested the | |
| 107 output from this algorithm against the output from | |
| 108 official RC4 object code | |
| 109 | |
| 110 | |
| 111 Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 18:37:56 PDT | |
| 112 From: ekr@eit.COM (Eric Rescorla) | |
| 113 Message-Id: <9409140137.AA17743@eitech.eit.com> | |
| 114 Subject: RC4 compatibility testing | |
| 115 Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com | |
| 116 | |
| 117 One data point: | |
| 118 | |
| 119 I can't say anything about the internals of RC4 versus the | |
| 120 algorithm that Bill Sommerfeld is rightly calling 'Alleged RC4', | |
| 121 since I don't know anything about RC4's internals. | |
| 122 | |
| 123 However, I do have a (legitimately acquired) copy of BSAFE2 and | |
| 124 so I'm able to compare the output of this algorithm to the output | |
| 125 of genuine RC4 as found in BSAFE. I chose a set of test vectors | |
| 126 and ran them through both algorithms. The algorithms appear to | |
| 127 give identical results, at least with these key/plaintext pairs. | |
| 128 | |
| 129 I note that this is the algorithm _without_ Hal Finney's | |
| 130 proposed modification | |
| 131 | |
| 132 (see <199409130605.XAA24133@jobe.shell.portal.com>). | |
| 133 | |
| 134 The vectors I used (together with the ciphertext they produce) | |
| 135 follow at the end of this message. | |
| 136 | |
| 137 -Ekr | |
| 138 | |
| 139 Disclaimer: This posting does not reflect the opinions of EIT. | |
| 140 | |
| 141 --------------------results follow-------------- | |
| 142 Test vector 0 | |
| 143 Key: 0x01 0x23 0x45 0x67 0x89 0xab 0xcd 0xef | |
| 144 Input: 0x01 0x23 0x45 0x67 0x89 0xab 0xcd 0xef | |
| 145 0 Output: 0x75 0xb7 0x87 0x80 0x99 0xe0 0xc5 0x96 | |
| 146 | |
| 147 Test vector 1 | |
| 148 Key: 0x01 0x23 0x45 0x67 0x89 0xab 0xcd 0xef | |
| 149 Input: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 | |
| 150 0 Output: 0x74 0x94 0xc2 0xe7 0x10 0x4b 0x08 0x79 | |
| 151 | |
| 152 Test vector 2 | |
| 153 Key: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 | |
| 154 Input: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 | |
| 155 0 Output: 0xde 0x18 0x89 0x41 0xa3 0x37 0x5d 0x3a | |
| 156 | |
| 157 Test vector 3 | |
| 158 Key: 0xef 0x01 0x23 0x45 | |
| 159 Input: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 | |
| 160 0 Output: 0xd6 0xa1 0x41 0xa7 0xec 0x3c 0x38 0xdf 0xbd 0x61 | |
| 161 | |
| 162 Test vector 4 | |
| 163 Key: 0x01 0x23 0x45 0x67 0x89 0xab 0xcd 0xef | |
| 164 Input: 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 165 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 166 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 167 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 168 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 169 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 170 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 171 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 172 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 173 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 174 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 175 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 176 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 177 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 178 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 179 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 180 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 181 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 182 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 183 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 184 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 185 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 186 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 187 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 188 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 189 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 190 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 191 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 192 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 193 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 194 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 195 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 196 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 197 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 198 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 199 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 200 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 201 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 202 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 203 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 204 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 205 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 206 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 207 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 208 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 209 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 210 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 211 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 212 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 213 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 214 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 0x01 | |
| 215 0x01 | |
| 216 0 Output: 0x75 0x95 0xc3 0xe6 0x11 0x4a 0x09 0x78 0x0c 0x4a 0xd4 | |
| 217 0x52 0x33 0x8e 0x1f 0xfd 0x9a 0x1b 0xe9 0x49 0x8f | |
| 218 0x81 0x3d 0x76 0x53 0x34 0x49 0xb6 0x77 0x8d 0xca | |
| 219 0xd8 0xc7 0x8a 0x8d 0x2b 0xa9 0xac 0x66 0x08 0x5d | |
| 220 0x0e 0x53 0xd5 0x9c 0x26 0xc2 0xd1 0xc4 0x90 0xc1 | |
| 221 0xeb 0xbe 0x0c 0xe6 0x6d 0x1b 0x6b 0x1b 0x13 0xb6 | |
| 222 0xb9 0x19 0xb8 0x47 0xc2 0x5a 0x91 0x44 0x7a 0x95 | |
| 223 0xe7 0x5e 0x4e 0xf1 0x67 0x79 0xcd 0xe8 0xbf 0x0a | |
| 224 0x95 0x85 0x0e 0x32 0xaf 0x96 0x89 0x44 0x4f 0xd3 | |
| 225 0x77 0x10 0x8f 0x98 0xfd 0xcb 0xd4 0xe7 0x26 0x56 | |
| 226 0x75 0x00 0x99 0x0b 0xcc 0x7e 0x0c 0xa3 0xc4 0xaa | |
| 227 0xa3 0x04 0xa3 0x87 0xd2 0x0f 0x3b 0x8f 0xbb 0xcd | |
| 228 0x42 0xa1 0xbd 0x31 0x1d 0x7a 0x43 0x03 0xdd 0xa5 | |
| 229 0xab 0x07 0x88 0x96 0xae 0x80 0xc1 0x8b 0x0a 0xf6 | |
| 230 0x6d 0xff 0x31 0x96 0x16 0xeb 0x78 0x4e 0x49 0x5a | |
| 231 0xd2 0xce 0x90 0xd7 0xf7 0x72 0xa8 0x17 0x47 0xb6 | |
| 232 0x5f 0x62 0x09 0x3b 0x1e 0x0d 0xb9 0xe5 0xba 0x53 | |
| 233 0x2f 0xaf 0xec 0x47 0x50 0x83 0x23 0xe6 0x71 0x32 | |
| 234 0x7d 0xf9 0x44 0x44 0x32 0xcb 0x73 0x67 0xce 0xc8 | |
| 235 0x2f 0x5d 0x44 0xc0 0xd0 0x0b 0x67 0xd6 0x50 0xa0 | |
| 236 0x75 0xcd 0x4b 0x70 0xde 0xdd 0x77 0xeb 0x9b 0x10 | |
| 237 0x23 0x1b 0x6b 0x5b 0x74 0x13 0x47 0x39 0x6d 0x62 | |
| 238 0x89 0x74 0x21 0xd4 0x3d 0xf9 0xb4 0x2e 0x44 0x6e | |
| 239 0x35 0x8e 0x9c 0x11 0xa9 0xb2 0x18 0x4e 0xcb 0xef | |
| 240 0x0c 0xd8 0xe7 0xa8 0x77 0xef 0x96 0x8f 0x13 0x90 | |
| 241 0xec 0x9b 0x3d 0x35 0xa5 0x58 0x5c 0xb0 0x09 0x29 | |
| 242 0x0e 0x2f 0xcd 0xe7 0xb5 0xec 0x66 0xd9 0x08 0x4b | |
| 243 0xe4 0x40 0x55 0xa6 0x19 0xd9 0xdd 0x7f 0xc3 0x16 | |
| 244 0x6f 0x94 0x87 0xf7 0xcb 0x27 0x29 0x12 0x42 0x64 | |
| 245 0x45 0x99 0x85 0x14 0xc1 0x5d 0x53 0xa1 0x8c 0x86 | |
| 246 0x4c 0xe3 0xa2 0xb7 0x55 0x57 0x93 0x98 0x81 0x26 | |
| 247 0x52 0x0e 0xac 0xf2 0xe3 0x06 0x6e 0x23 0x0c 0x91 | |
| 248 0xbe 0xe4 0xdd 0x53 0x04 0xf5 0xfd 0x04 0x05 0xb3 | |
| 249 0x5b 0xd9 0x9c 0x73 0x13 0x5d 0x3d 0x9b 0xc3 0x35 | |
| 250 0xee 0x04 0x9e 0xf6 0x9b 0x38 0x67 0xbf 0x2d 0x7b | |
| 251 0xd1 0xea 0xa5 0x95 0xd8 0xbf 0xc0 0x06 0x6f 0xf8 | |
| 252 0xd3 0x15 0x09 0xeb 0x0c 0x6c 0xaa 0x00 0x6c 0x80 | |
| 253 0x7a 0x62 0x3e 0xf8 0x4c 0x3d 0x33 0xc1 0x95 0xd2 | |
| 254 0x3e 0xe3 0x20 0xc4 0x0d 0xe0 0x55 0x81 0x57 0xc8 | |
| 255 0x22 0xd4 0xb8 0xc5 0x69 0xd8 0x49 0xae 0xd5 0x9d | |
| 256 0x4e 0x0f 0xd7 0xf3 0x79 0x58 0x6b 0x4b 0x7f 0xf6 | |
| 257 0x84 0xed 0x6a 0x18 0x9f 0x74 0x86 0xd4 0x9b 0x9c | |
| 258 0x4b 0xad 0x9b 0xa2 0x4b 0x96 0xab 0xf9 0x24 0x37 | |
| 259 0x2c 0x8a 0x8f 0xff 0xb1 0x0d 0x55 0x35 0x49 0x00 | |
| 260 0xa7 0x7a 0x3d 0xb5 0xf2 0x05 0xe1 0xb9 0x9f 0xcd | |
| 261 0x86 0x60 0x86 0x3a 0x15 0x9a 0xd4 0xab 0xe4 0x0f | |
| 262 0xa4 0x89 0x34 0x16 0x3d 0xdd 0xe5 0x42 0xa6 0x58 | |
| 263 0x55 0x40 0xfd 0x68 0x3c 0xbf 0xd8 0xc0 0x0f 0x12 | |
| 264 0x12 0x9a 0x28 0x4d 0xea 0xcc 0x4c 0xde 0xfe 0x58 | |
| 265 0xbe 0x71 0x37 0x54 0x1c 0x04 0x71 0x26 0xc8 0xd4 | |
| 266 0x9e 0x27 0x55 0xab 0x18 0x1a 0xb7 0xe9 0x40 0xb0 | |
| 267 0xc0 | |
| 268 | |
| 269 | |
| 270 | |
| 271 -- | |
| 272 --------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| 273 We have the right to defend ourselves and our | |
| 274 property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald | |
| 275 are. True law derives from this right, not from | |
| 276 the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com | |
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