Article View: sci.crypt
Article #2179Re: PGP as a World Standard
From: Robert Marti
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:22
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:22
21 lines
1583 bytes
1583 bytes
In article <MOORE.92Dec18101541@defmacro.cs.utah.edu>, moore@cs.utah.edu (Tim Moore) writes: |> In article <aZHZVB15w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk> |> writes: |> > PGP does not use any techniques which are patented in the EC. |> |> The IDEA cipher is patented in Switzerland. I admit that I don't |> know if Switzerland is considered part of the EC or not. Switzerland is NOT part of the EC at the present time. Switzerland is not even a member of the EES (European Economic Space). However, note that international patents for IDEA are pending. Disclaimer: Even though I happen to be employed by the institution where IDEA was developed, I have had nothing to do with it. -- Robert Marti | Phone: +41 1 254 72 60 Informationssysteme | FAX: +41 1 262 39 73 ETH-Zentrum | E-Mail: marti@inf.ethz.ch CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland |
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1992Dec22.152248.26060@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!chx400!bernina!neptune!nugget.inf.ethz.ch!martiReferences:
<1992Dec17.213627.28282@netcom.com> <aZHZVB15w165w@mantis.co.uk> <MOORE.92Dec18101541@defmacro.cs.utah.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!chx400!bernina!neptune!nugget.inf.ethz.ch!marti From: marti@nugget.inf.ethz.ch (Robert Marti) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security,alt.security.pgp Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard Message-ID: <1992Dec22.152248.26060@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> Date: 22 Dec 92 15:22:48 GMT References: <1992Dec17.213627.28282@netcom.com> <aZHZVB15w165w@mantis.co.uk> <MOORE.92Dec18101541@defmacro.cs.utah.edu> Sender: news@neptune.inf.ethz.ch (Mr News) Organization: Dept. Informatik, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: nugget.inf.ethz.ch