Information about the package, perl-Crypt-RC4-XS, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Crypt-RC4-XS package is designed for, Perl implementation of the RC4 encryption algorithm.
Package Name:
perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
Summary:
Perl implementation of the RC4 encryption algorithm
Description:
This module XS implementation of the RC4 algorithm, developed by RSA Security, Inc. Here is the description from Wikipedia website: In cryptography, RC4 (also known as ARC4 or ARCFOUR meaning Alleged RC4, see below) is the most widely-used software stream cipher and is used in popular protocols such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (to protect Internet traffic) and WEP (to secure wireless networks). While remarkable for its simplicity and speed in software, RC4 is vulnerable to attacks when the beginning of the output keystream is not discarded, or a single keystream is used twice; some ways of using RC4 can lead to very insecure cryptosystems such as WEP.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.02
Release:
2.el6
Size:
14 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Crypt-RC4-XS package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will install perl-Crypt-RC4-XS on the server.
yum remove perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-RC4-XS on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-RC4-XS, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-RC4-XS on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Crypt-RC4-XS when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will update perl-Crypt-RC4-XS to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-RC4-XS, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will update perl-Crypt-RC4-XS to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-Crypt-RC4-XS when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will show you core information about the perl-Crypt-RC4-XS package.
yum deplist perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Crypt-RC4-XS. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-Crypt-RC4-XS
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Crypt-RC4-XS. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.