Improved Arcfour Modes for the Secure Shell (SSH) Transport Layer Protocol

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Specification
Pages: 5
Abstract: 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]
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Status Note: Historic
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4345
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4345
Author(s): Ben Harris
Keyword(s): RC4, Key Scheduling Algorithm

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ISBN.9780471117094 — 7. Menezes A. van Oorshot P. Vanstone S. , Handbook of Applied Cryptography , CRC Press , 1997 . EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4250 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4251 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4253 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4344 [Active*]

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Mantin, I., "Analysis of the Stream Cipher RC4", M.Sc. Thesis, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2001, < http:// www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~itsik/RC4/Papers/Mantin1.zip >. EXTERNAL
Fluhrer, S. and D. McGrew, "Statistical Analysis of the Alleged RC4 Keystream Generator", Fast Software Encryption: 7th International Workshop, FSE 2000, April 2000, < http://www.mindspring.com/~dmcgrew/rc4-03.pdf >. EXTERNAL
Mironov, I., "(Not So) Random Shuffles of RC4", Advances in Cryptology -- CRYPTO 2002: 22nd Annual International Cryptology Conference, August 2002, < http://eprint.iacr.org/2002/067.pdf >. EXTERNAL
Mantin, I., "Predicting and Distinguishing Attacks on RC4 Keystream Generator", Advances in Cryptology -- EUROCRYPT 2005: 24th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, May 2005. EXTERNAL

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IETF RFC 6229 [Active*]
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