On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 06:40:45PM +0100, David Oakley wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Public/private key systems as used on the internet can be used in a limited
> way on the Palm. Our software now uses a 30-bit RSA-based encryption (I
> think we're allowed to do that, 'cos we're not American), with the public
> key in the product and the private key in our PC-based code generator. After
> 2 months we've seen a few cracks, but noone's produced a key generator
> (being game producers we're targets) (and no, we're not challenging anyone).
> We actually made the change because someone had produced a key generator for
> our previous (made up ourselves) system.
(IANAL, but)
If you sold the product in the USA before Sept. 6, you owe RSA inc
royalties for using its patent in the US.
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