@Misc{Riv98c, author = { Ronald L. Rivest }, title = { A Description of the {RC2}(r) Encryption Algorithm }, howpublished = { Internet Network Working Group Request for Comments: RFC 2268.}, date = { 1998-03 }, OPTyear = { 1998 }, OPTmonth = { March }, abstract = { This memo describes a conventional (secret-key) block encryption algorithm, called RC2, which may be considered as a proposal for a DES replacement. The input and output block sizes are 64 bits each. The key size is variable, from one byte up to 128 bytes, although the current implementation uses eight bytes. \par The algorithm is designed to be easy to implement on 16-bit microprocessors. On an IBM AT, the encryption runs about twice as fast as DES (assuming that key expansion has been done). }, }