On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
>
> In a message dated: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 10:21:58 EDT
> Jeffry Smith said:
>
> >While V2 supports more protocals, RSA claims patent protection over
> >all public-private key algorithms. The good news is the patent
> >expires in Sep.
>
> Ironically, Diffie (who works for Sun) and Helman hit upon the concept of
> public-private key exchange long before RSA did. They just didn't patent it
> :(
If this is well-documented, then public key encryption algorithms should
be unenforceable due to the "prior art" clause, if I understand it
correctly...
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Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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