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| author | Jon Oberheide <jon@focalhost.com> | 2004-04-11 00:16:46 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@nuts.davemloft.net> | 2004-04-11 00:16:46 -0700 |
| commit | 297636fb9e05e68073d5802a6ab5d526c252002c (patch) | |
| tree | 0cb6a710fb52e42602d3dc9d155812a1f7e9b3de /crypto | |
| parent | db52539e3b71369345f948826e9cacc562184809 (diff) | |
| download | history-297636fb9e05e68073d5802a6ab5d526c252002c.tar.gz | |
[CRYPTO]: ARC4 Kconfig clarification.
Diffstat (limited to 'crypto')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/Kconfig | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig index 4e7729efc40215..4b0925ea142b31 100644 --- a/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/crypto/Kconfig @@ -146,9 +146,10 @@ config CRYPTO_ARC4 help ARC4 cipher algorithm. - This is a stream cipher using keys ranging from 8 bits to 2048 - bits in length. ARC4 is commonly used in protocols such as WEP - and SSL. + ARC4 is a stream cipher using keys ranging from 8 bits to 2048 + bits in length. This algorithm is required for driver-based + WEP, but it should not be for other purposes because of the + weakness of the algorithm. config CRYPTO_DEFLATE tristate "Deflate compression algorithm" |