The RC4 (Rivest Cipher 4) algorithm was designed in 1987 by renowned cryptographer Ron Rivest and remained a trade secret until 1994, when it was leaked on the Internet.

Michichael noted that the algorithm in question is actually RC4-HMAC-MD5, which was deprecated in 2006 and is disabled by default on most modern operating systems.

SSL/TLS encryption once again is being haunted by an outdated and weak feature long past its prime: a newly discovered attack exploits a weakness in the older, less secure RC4 encryption algorithm ...

The NETENCRYPTALGORITHM option specifies that the RC4 algorithm be used for encryption in the local host session. SAS/CONNECT Remote Host The following example illustrates the content of the ...

Sounds like he screwed up the encryption algorithm, but in such a way that its reversable by his decrypt View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif ...