Class ARC4Cipher

ARC4 cipher object

Instance Methods

__init__(self, key, *args, **kwargs)
Initialize an ARC4 cipher object

encrypt(self, plaintext)
Encrypt a piece of data.

decrypt(self, ciphertext)
Decrypt a piece of data.

Method Details

Initialize an ARC4 cipher object

Encrypt a piece of data.

Parameters:

plaintext (byte string) - The piece of data to encrypt. It can be of any size.

Returns:

the encrypted data (byte string, as long as the plaintext).

Decrypt a piece of data.

Parameters:

ciphertext (byte string) - The piece of data to decrypt. It can be of any size.

Returns:

the decrypted data (byte string, as long as the ciphertext).