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Re:LibreSSL on Gentoo by dobbsbob on Saturday July 12, 2014 @06:38PM (#8025997)
the function name is arc4random but it's chacha20 http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=138065251627052&w=2
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Re:LibreSSL on Gentoo by AlyssaRowan on Sunday July 13, 2014 @06:37AM (#8027068)
Indeed, that's my point: don't forget that the name is legacy and slightly misleading.

RC4 is about to get another public result against it, btw.

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