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RC4

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RC4
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RC4

Summary

RC4 is a stream cipher[1]. RC4 ranks in the top 7% of stream_cipher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (948 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • RC4's instance of is recorded as stream cipher[3].
  • RC4's part of the series is recorded as RC algorithm[4].
  • RC4's designed by is recorded as Ron Rivest[5].
  • 1987 marks the founding of RC4[6].
  • RC4's significant event is recorded as announcement of prohibition of RC4 use by TLS[7].
  • RC4's described at URL is recorded as https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1994/09/msg00304.html[8].
  • RC4's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kaukonen-cipher-arcfour-03[9].

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Designation and Status

RC4's instance of is recorded as stream cipher[3].

History and Context

1987 marks the founding of RC4[6].

Why It Matters

RC4 ranks in the top 7% of stream_cipher entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (948 views/month).[2] RC4 has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] RC4 is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Ron Rivest

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2taRzx
    Instance of → stream cipher
    Part of the series → RC algorithm
    Part of series → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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