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Article #3659Re: non-RSA public-key encryption systems
From: Bob Devine
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1987 19:59
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1987 19:59
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In article <12@nl.cs.cmu.edu> mlm@nl.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Mauldin) writes: > [...] algorithms by themselves are not protectable. >One way around this is to patent a system with an algorithm embedded in >it. The system then enjoys patent protection. So ROM code in firmware >is protected along with the rest of the device using it. [Doesn't this protection stem from the case where a manufacturer wanted to protect a program that handled the curing of rubber?] It may be that the RSA algorithm is protected in this way. The algorithm HAS been issued a patent (Patent 4,405,829 held by MIT and licensed by RSA Data Security Inc). Bob Devine
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!nbires!vianet!devine From: devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: non-RSA public-key encryption systems Message-ID: <200@vianet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 15:59:17 EDT Article-I.D.: vianet.200 Posted: Thu Jul 9 15:59:17 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 07:14:30 EDT References: <8248@utzoo.UUCP> <12@nl.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: Western Digital, Boulder Tech Ctr Lines: 11 Summary: RSA Patent info