Re: Rivest Patent

[Steven M. Bellovin]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Young writes:
>Ron Rivest received on November 10 "US Patent 5835600: 
>Block encryption algorithm with data-dependent rotations:"
>
>   http://jya.com/rivest111098.htm  (22K)
>
>
Has anyone compared this with the earlier IBM patent that is cited in their
AES submission?