Information about the package, perl-Crypt-RC4, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Crypt-RC4 package is designed for, Perl implementation of the RC4 encryption algorithm.
Package Name:
perl-Crypt-RC4
Summary:
Perl implementation of the RC4 encryption algorithm
Description:
A simple implementation of the RC4 algorithm, developed by RSA Security, Inc. Here is the description from RSA's website: RC4 is a stream cipher designed by Rivest for RSA Data Security (now RSA Security). It is a variable key-size stream cipher with byte-oriented operations. The algorithm is based on the use of a random permutation. Analysis shows that the period of the cipher is overwhelmingly likely to be greater than 10100. Eight to sixteen machine operations are required per output byte, and the cipher can be expected to run very quickly in software. Independent analysts have scrutinized the algorithm and it is considered secure.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.02
Release:
1.el6
Size:
10 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Crypt-RC4 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will install perl-Crypt-RC4 on the server.
yum remove perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-RC4 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Crypt-RC4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will un-install perl-Crypt-RC4 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will update perl-Crypt-RC4 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, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will update perl-Crypt-RC4 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will show you core information about the perl-Crypt-RC4 package.
yum deplist perl-Crypt-RC4
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Crypt-RC4. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Crypt-RC4. 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.