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// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package rc4 implements RC4 encryption, as defined in Bruce Schneier's
// Applied Cryptography.
package rc4

// BUG(agl): RC4 is in common use but has design weaknesses that make
// it a poor choice for new protocols.

import "strconv"

// A Cipher is an instance of RC4 using a particular key.
type Cipher struct {
	s    [256]uint32
	i, j uint8
}

type KeySizeError int

func (k KeySizeError) Error() string {
	return "crypto/rc4: invalid key size " + strconv.Itoa(int(k))
}

// NewCipher creates and returns a new Cipher.  The key argument should be the
// RC4 key, at least 1 byte and at most 256 bytes.
func NewCipher(key []byte) (*Cipher, error) {
	k := len(key)
	if k < 1 || k > 256 {
		return nil, KeySizeError(k)
	}
	var c Cipher
	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
		c.s[i] = uint32(i)
	}
	var j uint8 = 0
	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
		j += uint8(c.s[i]) + key[i%k]
		c.s[i], c.s[j] = c.s[j], c.s[i]
	}
	return &c, nil
}

// Reset zeros the key data so that it will no longer appear in the
// process's memory.
func (c *Cipher) Reset() {
	for i := range c.s {
		c.s[i] = 0
	}
	c.i, c.j = 0, 0
}