In a message dated: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 13:01:28 EDT
Derek Martin said:
>> 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...
Well, I don't know if Diffie/Hellman had the whole key-exchange thing worked
out, I just know they were the first (private citizens) to come up with the
concept of public key eencryption. This is actually documented in "The Puzzle
Palace", and it may well even be in Simon Signhs "The Code Book".
Ironically, the British MI5 or MI6 group (which ever is the Bletchley park
decendent) actually had it solved about 10 years before RSA. But for
"security" reasons, never released this knowledge to anyone other than the
NSA.
--
Seeya,
Paul
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