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RC4

RC4 was designed by Ron Rivest of RSA Security in 1987. It stands for "Rivest Cipher 4", or alternatively for "Ron's Code". RC4 is a widely-used cipher. (There are related algorithms RC2, RC5 and RC6.)

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