EVP_CIPHER-RC4(7ossl)

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💅 EVP_CIPHER-RC4 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the EVP_CIPHER-RC4 page — it's one of the OpenSSL manual pages (section 7ossl, yes we're fancy) and it's literally all about the RC4 EVP_CIPHER implementations. short page, but she's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

EVP_CIPHER-RC4 — the RC4 EVP_CIPHER implementations, and nothing else. no cap, that's the whole name section. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So here's the vibe: this is the support for RC4 symmetric encryption using the EVP_CIPHER API. that's it, that's the description. she does exactly what it says on the tin, no notes 💅

🦋 Algorithm Names 🦋

These are the algorithms available in the legacy provider — key detail, don't forget it, the legacy provider is the one holding them:

  • "RC4"
  • "RC4-40"
  • "RC4-HMAC-MD5"

that's the full list, all three of them, exactly like that, quote marks and all. slay 🔥

🌈 Parameters 🌈

This implementation supports the parameters described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_EncryptInit(3). that's where the actual parameter tea is spilled, so go read that one if you wanna know the deets. no extra guesses here, i'm not out here making things up 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go touch these other pages, they're all in the same friend group:

Copyright 2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 🎀

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

fr fr bestie, read the license. not me being the responsible one for once 🙈

okay and that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 mwah! this lil beauty is from version 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25, and it's the EVP_CIPHER-RC4(7ossl) page — see you in the next man page, bestie 💜✨

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