Crypt::RC4::XS - Perl implementation of the RC4 encryption algorithm
use Crypt::RC4::XS; # Functional Style my $encrypted = RC4($passphrase, $plaintext); my $decrypted = RC4($passphrase, $encrypted); # OO Style my $cipher = Crypt::RC4->new($passphrase); my $encrypted = $cipher->RC4($plain_text);
This module XS implementation of the RC4 algorithm, developed by RSA Security, Inc. Here is the description from Wikipedia website:
In cryptography, RC4 (also known as ARC4 or ARCFOUR meaning Alleged RC4, see below) is the most widely-used software stream cipher and is used in popular protocols such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (to protect Internet traffic) and WEP (to secure wireless networks). While remarkable for its simplicity and speed in software, RC4 is vulnerable to attacks when the beginning of the output keystream is not discarded, or a single keystream is used twice; some ways of using RC4 can lead to very insecure cryptosystems such as WEP.
Crypt::RC4
Hiroyuki OYAMA, <oyama@module.jp>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
To install Crypt::RC4::XS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Crypt::RC4::XS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Crypt::RC4::XS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.