Exam CISSP Topic 7 Question 1307 Discussion
Actual exam question for ISC's CISSP exam
Question #: 1307
Topic #: 7
Question #: 1307
Topic #: 7
Which of the following algorithms is a stream cipher?
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RC2, RC4, RC5 and RC6 were developed by Ronal Rivest from RSA Security.
In the RC family only RC4 is a stream cipher.
RC4 allows a variable key length.
RC2 works with 64-bit blocks and variable key lengths,
RC5 has variable block sizes, key length and number of processing rounds.
RC6 was designed to fix a flaw in RC5.
Source: ANDRESS, Mandy, Exam Cram CISSP, Coriolis, 2001, Chapter 6: Cryptography (page
103).
In the RC family only RC4 is a stream cipher.
RC4 allows a variable key length.
RC2 works with 64-bit blocks and variable key lengths,
RC5 has variable block sizes, key length and number of processing rounds.
RC6 was designed to fix a flaw in RC5.
Source: ANDRESS, Mandy, Exam Cram CISSP, Coriolis, 2001, Chapter 6: Cryptography (page
103).
by Clementine at Mar 17, 2026, 06:00 AM
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