For those as get Info Week... Cheers, Bob Hettinga --- begin forwarded text Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 08:08:47 -0500 To: rah@shipwright.com Subject: Digital Signature Patent for your information... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RSA WANTS LICENSE FOR DIGITAL SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY RSA Data Security claims it owns the dominant patent covering digital signature technology, and wants other companies and government agencies to pay them license fees for using it. The U.S. government is fighting RSA's claim, saying the digital signature algorithm it uses in its digital signature standard is covered by a different patent. If RSA can make its claim stick, the government will owe the encryption company royalties for use of its digital signature standard. source: Information Week 13 Nov 95 p20 via edupage --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA (617) 958-3971 "Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell The e$ Home Page: http://www.webstuff.apple.com/~vinnie/Rah
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