Re: encryption licenses
On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 08:47:20 -0800, aphro wrote: What i'd like to know, if anyone can enlighten me is whats teh deal with using encryption in a commercial enviornment? There is no /general/ problem using encryption in a commercial environment. Some (reasonably popular) encryption algorithms are patented though, and for them there are license issues. In particular, the RSA public key encryption algorithm is patented in the US, and the IDEA symmetric key encryption is patented in large parts of Europe. There are unencumered alternative algorithms for both forms of encryption (e.g. Diffie/Hellman for public and Blowfish for symmetric key encryption). I downgraded my SSH 2 servers to SSH1 a while back when i heard that the license had changed in regaurds to commercial use. The only free SSH is OpenSSH. SSH1, like SSH2, dosn't allow commercial use, but for SSH2 the term commercial use is defined (and its definition is more strict than a common sense one). Another question is SSL ..there are a few GPL/free SSL servers/modules out there..but are they clear for commercial use? They most likely are if they either do not use RSA, or you are not in the USA. HTH, Ray -- ART A friend of mine in Tulsa, Okla., when I was about eleven years old. I'd be interested to hear from him. There are so many pseudos around taking his name in vain. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
Re: encryption licenses
Maybe the guys at debian-legal (licensing issues) know the answers to your questions. Regards, Onno At 08:47 AM 11/17/99 -0800, aphro wrote: It's been really hard for me to get whats needed in terms of liceses(if any) for encryption. What i'd like to know, if anyone can enlighten me is whats teh deal with using encryption in a commercial enviornment? I downgraded my SSH 2 servers to SSH1 a while back when i heard that the license had changed in regaurds to commercial use. Another question is SSL ..there are a few GPL/free SSL servers/modules out there..but are they clear for commercial use? Or do you just have to pay/register to use the certificates for SSL transactions? and lastly i am in the process of installing vpnd and testing it out as a encryption method for a (doh) vpn :) it has encryption too..and is GPL..whats the general rule to go about this kind of stuff? i've seen a lot of legal stuff on pages (like the mod_ssl homepage) but its really beyond me as to what applies to me and what doesn't. thanks! nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:42am up 89 days, 20:16, 1 user, load average: 1.65, 1.62, 1.61 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
encryption licenses
It's been really hard for me to get whats needed in terms of liceses(if any) for encryption. What i'd like to know, if anyone can enlighten me is whats teh deal with using encryption in a commercial enviornment? I downgraded my SSH 2 servers to SSH1 a while back when i heard that the license had changed in regaurds to commercial use. Another question is SSL ..there are a few GPL/free SSL servers/modules out there..but are they clear for commercial use? Or do you just have to pay/register to use the certificates for SSL transactions? and lastly i am in the process of installing vpnd and testing it out as a encryption method for a (doh) vpn :) it has encryption too..and is GPL..whats the general rule to go about this kind of stuff? i've seen a lot of legal stuff on pages (like the mod_ssl homepage) but its really beyond me as to what applies to me and what doesn't. thanks! nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:42am up 89 days, 20:16, 1 user, load average: 1.65, 1.62, 1.61
