Net::SS...her::RC4(3)

💖 Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::RC4 💖

okay bestie, you found your way into the Net::SS...her::RC4(3) page — which is genuinely just the RC4 cipher for Net::SSH::Perl, filed under User Contributed Perl Documentation. pull up a chair, we're doing crypto lore 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::RC4 — RC4 encryption/decryption, no cap 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the vibe check, in code:

use Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher;
my $cipher = Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher->new('RC4', $key);
print $cipher->encrypt($plaintext);

literally that's it. you make the cipher, you hand it a $key, you encrypt your $plaintext and print it. main character energy fr 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher::RC4 is the module that gives you RC4 (aka arcfour) encryption support for the SSH2 protocol implementation inside Net::SSH::Perl. slay. 🔥

and here's the part that's lowkey iconic: unlike the other Net::SSH::Perl::Cipher objects, this RC4 module relies on no outside libraries at all. none. zero. the RC4 algorithm is implemented entirely inside this module. self-sufficient queen, she doesn't need anyone 🧚✨

also important bestie: RC4 uses key sizes of 16 bytes. remember that. 16. don't come at her with a 7-byte key and act surprised 🙈

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👑 AUTHOR & COPYRIGHTS 👑

ngl this page is keeping it short and mysterious: please see the Net::SSH::Perl manpage for author, copyright, and license information. that's where the receipts live, go check it 💖

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okay real talk — when a manpage tells you to go read another manpage for the author/copyright/license deets, that's not her being shady, that's just where the info actually lives. respect the cross-reference 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 it was documented by the Perl crew as part of perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-01-17, and yes the header/footer situation up top and down below is exactly where all that lives. mwah, go encrypt something 💅💖