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From: tjt@lll-risky.arpa (Tim Tessin)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.misc
Subject: Re: public key encryption and RSA patent status
Message-ID: <109@lll-risky.arpa>
Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 13:16:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: lll-risk.109
Posted: Thu Oct  1 13:16:54 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 5-Oct-87 05:11:53 EDT
References: <107@lll-risky.arpa> <683@stride.Stride.COM>
Reply-To: tjt@lll-risky.arpa (Tim Tessin)
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA
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In article <683@stride.Stride.COM> (Thomas P. Mitchell) writes:
> Well, I think that the RSA patent holders need to get off their
> duff and get their invention out as a product.  A lot of us would
> use it if priced in a reasonable way.

RSA based products are available from RSA Data Security 
(415-595-8782) for reasonable prices.  They have two products, 
Mailsafe and BSAFE.  Mailsafe is a
product which sends encrypted electronic mail between PC's.  BSAFE
is the coded RSA algorithms in 'C'.  My only objection to paying them
lots of money is that if the Government already has rights to the
stuff, I will only pay them a reasonable charge for the implementation,
not for rights to use it.  

Tim Tessin - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
Phone: (415) 423-4560 / 422-8971
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