Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:05:52 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij <Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com> To: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Secure RPC revisited Message-ID: <199611130805.JAA02443@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com> In-Reply-To: <199611121658.LAA22844@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> from Bill Paul at "Nov 12, 96 11:58:19 am"
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> > The Diffie-Hellman issue is another matter. My understanding (which may > in fact be totally wrong) is that it's not possible to use code which > implements Diffie-Hellman without paying a licensing fee to RSA (or whoever > it is this week). But the patent in question is supposed to expire in 1997, > thus we bide our time, all the while plotting to overthrow the earth and > cackling maniacally to ourselves. (Alright, maybe it's just me.) > I thought SSH also used diffie hellman. It seems they don't have a problem. Exactly *where* is the patent living? If it is only in the states, we might just install it on the internat repository? -Guido
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