On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Ben Laurie wrote: > Alexander Klimov wrote: > > ECC is known since 1985 but seems to be absent in popular free > > software packages, e.g., neither gnupg nor openssl has it (even if the > > relevant patches were created). It looks like the main reason is some > > patent uncertainty in this area. > > I don't, but it is not the case that OpenSSL does not include ECC.
You are absolutely right the Sun patch was finally accepted, although there were some patent-related discussions, e.g., at http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/10/msg00100.html There is also work on ECC for gnupg http://www.g10code.de/tasklist.html#gcrypt-ecc and again there were patent-related discussions about the issue. ECC is also implemented in crypto++ and other libraries. But (potential) problem still persists: even if openssl implements ECC it does not save you from patent issues if they exist. -- Regards, ASK --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
