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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+EVP_rc4,
+EVP_rc4_40,
+EVP_rc4_hmac_md5
+- EVP RC4 stream cipher
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/evp.h>
+
+ const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4(void)
+ const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4_40(void)
+ const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4_hmac_md5(void)
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The RC4 stream cipher for EVP.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EVP_rc4()
+
+RC4 stream cipher. This is a variable key length cipher with a default key
+length of 128 bits.
+
+=item EVP_rc4_40()
+
+RC4 stream cipher with 40 bit key length.
+
+WARNING: this function is obsolete. Its usage should be replaced with the
+EVP_rc4() and the EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length() functions.
+
+=item EVP_rc4_hmac_md5()
+
+Authenticated encryption with the RC4 stream cipher with MD5 as HMAC.
+
+WARNING: this is not intended for usage outside of TLS and requires calling of
+some undocumented ctrl functions. These ciphers do not conform to the EVP AEAD
+interface.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+These functions return an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure that contains the
+implementation of the symmetric cipher. See L<EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(3)> for
+details of the B<EVP_CIPHER> structure.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<evp(7)>,
+L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)>,
+L<EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(3)>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
+this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
+L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
+
+=cut
+