17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 10:18 AM 12/17/97 -0700, Jim Burnes wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, John Young wrote:
Peter Gutmann wrote:
There's an interesting paper at http://www.cesg.gov.uk/ellisint.htm which claims that UK spooks invented both RSA and DH in 1973 and 1974 respectively.
We've converted the Ellis Postscript doc to HTML:
Can patents be revoked due to prior art arguments?
Jim Burnes
Prior art in the public eye, yes. Secret unpatented stuff can be patented when described in the open the first time. ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig@otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu M-16 : Don Quixote :: PGP : Louis Freeh Let freedom ring (or screech at 28.8)