Re: Unpatented PAKE!

[Ben Laurie]

Scott G. Kelly wrote:

Ben Laurie wrote:

Scott G. Kelly wrote:

Here's another approach to password authenticated key exchange with
similar security claims. The underlying mechanism is under
consideration for inclusion in by the 802.11s group in IEEE:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-harkins-emu-eap-pwd-01.txt

Hmmm. I don't see any IPR statements for that draft.

My understanding is that there are no IPR claims on this method. I am not a 
lawyer, though.

Given the stupidity of the US patent system, at least the authors need
to state that they make no claims, AIUI.

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