On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Derek Martin wrote:
> 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...
>
According to the RSA site I posted in the previous message, Diffie was
one of the holders of the patent, which has expired (3 years ago,
actually).
jeff
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