I've been out of e-mail range for a while, so some of sci.crypt has fallen off the back end of my host. And I don't read the full Cypherpunks feed. So some of these may be dumb questions, but they're mine and I would like them answered. Does anyone know if this is really RC4? Has anyone compiled it to see if it will run? Has anyone tried to use it to decrypt messages encrypted with some commercial RC4 program? I see that it has been posted anonymously. Was it posted to Cypherpunks only, or did it also get on sci.crypt? If not, did someone from Cypherpunks, anonymously or not, crosspost it to sci.crypt? Has there been any reaction from anybody? RSADS? NSA? NIST? I just sent a copy of Bidzos asking for comment. This seems to be a REALLY GOOD THING, but I would like some verification that it is not a hoax. Inquiring minds want to know. Bruce