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On 27 Jan 2002, at 21:17, Eugene Leitl wrote:
> I think the only patents of particular note for ECC are
> Certicom and H.P.'s ones on point-compression.The original paper on ECC proposed point compression and described the algorithm in 1985. See Bernstein's web page http://cr.yp.to/nistp224/patents.html Use the 1985 method. If the methods patented are the same, and as far as I can tell they are, the patents are invalid. If the methods patented differ, you are not using them. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG V2lKe8/zPipRJIcZE97A49gog89BMHmZrKWJ0GA8 4sl5ZBNjSI2/m083cg2ed9OSfY9/uWraeiBqyR+Dj --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
