LAB-8

RC4 algorithm

Convert the given plain text to cipher text using RC4

algorithm
code-->
def KSA(key):
keylength = len(key)
S = list(range(256))
j=0
for i in range(256):
j = (j + S[i] + key[i % keylength]) % 256
S[i], S[j] = S[j], S[i]
return S
def PRGA(S):
i=0
j=0
while True:
i = (i + 1) % 256
j = (j + S[i]) % 256
S[i], S[j] = S[j], S[i]
K = S[(S[i] + S[j]) % 256]
yield K
def RC4(key):
S = KSA(key)
return PRGA(S)
if __name__ == '__main__':
key = input("Enter the key")
plaintext = input("Enter the plaintext")
def convert_key(s):
return [ord(c) for c in s]
key = convert_key(key)
keystream = RC4(key)
import sys
for c in plaintext:
sys.stdout.write("%02X" % (ord(c) ^ next(keystream)))
print
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