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Article #3724Re: public key encryption and RSA patent status
From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1987 13:08
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1987 13:08
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In article <1509@epimass.EPI.COM>, jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) writes: > > That was my point. The patent is no good unless the courts will > enforce it, and I suspect that the RSA patent will fall as soon as an > organization with sufficient legal resources decides to challenge it. > But don't try this at home if you don't want to spend time in court. Unless, of course, IBM, AT&T, the NSA or someone with hordes of lawyers decides to try to defend it. Hell, just anyone with enough money who decides to make a deal with R&S&A. Or is it just that my perception of reality is warped ?? -- If they think you're crude, go technical; if they think you're technical, go crude. I'm a very technical boy. So I get as crude as possible. These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can even aspire to crudeness... -Johnny Mnemonic
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!mimsy!aplcen!osiris!mjr From: mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.misc Subject: Re: public key encryption and RSA patent status Message-ID: <1390@osiris.UUCP> Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 09:08:01 EDT Article-I.D.: osiris.1390 Posted: Tue Sep 22 09:08:01 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Sep-87 07:21:24 EDT References: <1372@osiris.UUCP> <441@polyslo.UUCP> <686@sugar.UUCP> <1509@epimass.EPI.COM> Organization: My Etch-A-Sketch runs X-Windows Lines: 17 Summary: unless, of course...