RC4 key generation

The RC4 key generation mechanism, denoted CKM_RC4_KEY_GEN, is a key generation mechanism for RSA Data Security's proprietary stream cipher RC4.

It does not have a parameter.

The mechanism generates RC4 keys with a particular length in bytes, as specified in the CKA_VALUE_LEN attribute of the template for the key.

The mechanism contributes the CKA_CLASS, CKA_KEY_TYPE, and CKA_VALUE attributes to the new key. Other attributes supported by the RC4 key type (specifically, the flags indicating which functions the key supports) may be specified in the template for the key, or else are assigned default initial values.

For this mechanism, the ulMinKeySize and ulMaxKeySize fields of the CK_MECHANISM_INFO structure specify the supported range of RC4 key sizes, in bits.

RSA Security Inc. Public-Key Cryptography Standards - PKCS#11 - v210