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No! I know I mentioned this just yesterday - in the thread in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9207824 - but this is yet another new attack. And they're going to keep coming, and there are passive attacks…

Like I said yesterday, if you're using RC4, stop now, and go back and consider what may have been compromised by attackers recording ciphertexts and cracking them when it became practical.



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