Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:3164 comp.mail.uucp:4875 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!cds1!matt From: matt@cds1.UUCP (Mathew Di Nicola) Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Passing proprietary messages through competitors or other sites Keywords: RSA Message-ID: Date: 31 Jul 90 00:40:52 GMT References: <1990Jul29.232029.27159@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: Carmichael DOS Systems, CA Lines: 23 henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: > In article <6iZZm1w162w@cds1.UUCP> matt@cds1.UUCP (Mathew Di Nicola) writes: > >There's only one drawback -- encrypting, decrypting, and generating RSA > >keys takes a long time... > > There is another: RSA is patented in the US, and the patent owners are > actively defending it against infringement. (There is *no* "fair use" > exemption for patents, so it does not matter what you are using it for, > by the way.) Hmmmm... that is interesting! This perticular program was written in England, and is being released as shareware in the U.S. This is very confusing since someone earlier mentioned that DES type encryption (and I assume the rest) can't be exported outside the U.S. Who currently holds the patents? --Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mathew Di Nicola Sacramento, CA, USA UUCP= pacbell!sactoh0!cds1!matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------