[email protected] writes: > It seems to me that a cryptographic key is property in the same sense that > the formula for Coca Cola is property.
We're discussing certificates, not secret keys. In theory, a secret key might be a trade secret. However, a cert seems almost certainly *not* to be IP. 1) It can't be a trade secret, it is published. 2) It can't be patented. 3) It can't be copyrighted, it contains no creativity. > Intellectual property need not be brought into being by a creative act. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property Again, that only holds in limited circumstances that probably don't include certificates. In particular, trade secret protection here seems impossible. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [email protected]
