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authorEhren Kret <ehren.kret@gmail.com>2015-11-28 02:16:15 -0800
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+ARC4 vector creation
+====================
+
+This page documents the code that was used to generate the ARC4 test
+vectors for key lengths not available in RFC 6229. All the vectors
+were generated using OpenSSL and verified with Go.
+
+Creation
+--------
+
+``cryptography`` was modified to support ARC4 key lengths not listed
+in RFC 6229. Then the following Python script was run to generate the
+vector files.
+
+.. literalinclude:: /development/custom-vectors/arc4/generate_arc4.py
+
+Download link: :download:`generate_arc4.py
+</development/custom-vectors/arc4/generate_arc4.py>`
+
+
+Verification
+------------
+
+The following Go code was used to verify the vectors.
+
+.. literalinclude:: /development/custom-vectors/arc4/verify_arc4.go
+ :language: go
+
+Download link: :download:`verify_arc4.go
+</development/custom-vectors/arc4/verify_arc4.go>`