17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
I know 3.0 uses discrete log cryptography but whether it will be El Gamal or DH or other I don`t know. I would imagine in the end it would come down to a question of what is unpatented first and I have no idea on the patent date for El Gamal (is it even patented?) but DH hasn`t long to go....
According to Schneier, ElGamal isn't patented, but claimed to be covered by the Diffie-Hellman patent, which expires 29 April 1997. Bert-Jaap