On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Neil Johnson wrote: > I believe that Ron Rivest (the R in RC4) has already created a version for > "jail-cell" use. > > Pick up a copy of "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. It's used in the book > and there is an appendix in > the back that explains the algorithm in good detail. (Stephenson calls it > "Pontifex" in the book).
Huh? Pontifex is Bruce Schneier's "Solitare". (Neal changed the name as not to give away the fact that it relied on a deck of cards.) What's this have to do with Rivest? > It works with playing cards, that would probably be less conspicuous in Jail > than pencil and paper. > > -Neil -MW-
