Re: [Gaim-devel] RC4 support

[Nathan P. <gai...@gl...>]

Atamurad Hezretkuliyev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just wanted to inform you,
> MySpace IM uses RC4 during authentication too.

Yeah, that's actually what I'm working on.


Ethan Blanton wrote:
> Assuming that you have found a freely licensed RC4 implementation 
> which can compatibly be merged with GPL code, it should be added to 
> cipher.c. RC4 is a common enough cipher (indeed, as someone has 
> already stated, MySpaceIM may use it) that it will probably be used 
> elsewhere.
> 
> That said, for testing and development, you can build it as an 
> external cipher and simply register it with the cipher API.

Ok yeah, that's what I thought.  Thanks.  I'll probably just write my 
own rc4 code, and then add it into cipher.c once I've tested it.  It 
looks simple enough.

-Nathan