From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 7 15: 0:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DFAA37C1BE for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:00:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA07500; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:00:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id PAA90662; Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:00:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 15:00:09 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003072300.PAA90662@vashon.polstra.com> From: John Polstra To: archie@whistle.com Subject: Re: ijppp for isdn, ppp compression, and netgraph (also: load balancing) In-Reply-To: <200003071834.KAA41887@bubba.whistle.com> References: <200003071834.KAA41887@bubba.whistle.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <200003071834.KAA41887@bubba.whistle.com>, Archie Cobbs wrote: > I already have code for MPPC/MPPE, minus the proprietary STAC > code and the patented RC4 algorithm, I have read in several places that only the name "RC4" is trademarked, and that the algorithm itself is not patented. Is that not the case? John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message