Add RC4 (Rivest Cipher 4) stream cipher to ciphers/#14711
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Remove detailed docstring and example usage from rc4_cipher.py for brevity.
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Describe your change:
Implements the RC4 (Rivest Cipher 4) stream cipher in
ciphers/rc4_cipher.py.RC4 is a symmetric stream cipher historically used in SSL/TLS and WEP, now deprecated due to known statistical biases. This implementation covers:
Added for educational purposes with a clear security warning.
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