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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
// This package implements RC4 encryption, as defined in Bruce Schneier's
// Applied Cryptography.
package rc4
// BUG(agl): RC4 is in common use but has design weaknesses that make
// it a poor choice for new protocols.
import (
"os"
"strconv"
)
// A Cipher is an instance of RC4 using a particular key.
type Cipher struct {
s [256]byte
i, j uint8
}
type KeySizeError int
func (k KeySizeError) String() string {
return "crypto/rc4: invalid key size " + strconv.Itoa(int(k))
}
// NewCipher creates and returns a new Cipher. The key argument should be the
// RC4 key, at least 1 byte and at most 256 bytes.
func NewCipher(key []byte) (*Cipher, os.Error) {
k := len(key)
if k < 1 || k > 256 {
return nil, KeySizeError(k)
}
var c Cipher
for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
c.s[i] = uint8(i)
}
var j uint8 = 0
for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
j += c.s[i] + key[i%k]
c.s[i], c.s[j] = c.s[j], c.s[i]
}
return &c, nil
}
// XORKeyStream will XOR each byte of the given buffer with a byte of the
// generated keystream.
func (c *Cipher) XORKeyStream(buf []byte) {
for i := range buf {
c.i += 1
c.j += c.s[c.i]
c.s[c.i], c.s[c.j] = c.s[c.j], c.s[c.i]
buf[i] ^= c.s[c.s[c.i]+c.s[c.j]]
}
}
// Reset zeros the key data so that it will no longer appear in the
// process's memory.
func (c *Cipher) Reset() {
for i := range c.s {
c.s[i] = 0
}
c.i, c.j = 0, 0
}