
WARNING NOTICE It has recently come to the attention of RSA Data Security, Inc. that certain of its confidential and proprietary source code has been misappropriated and disclosed. Despite such unauthorized use and disclosure, RSA Data Security reserves all intellectual property rights in such source code under applicable law, including without limitation trade secret and copyright protection. In particular, RSA Data Security's RC2 (TM) symmetric block cipher source code has been illegally misappropriated and published. Please be advised that these acts, as well as any retransmission or use of this source code, is a violation of trade secret, copyright and various other state and federal laws. Any person or entity that acquires, discloses or uses this information without authorization or license to do so from RSA Data Security, Inc. is in violation of such laws and subject to applicable criminal and civil penalties, which may include monetary and punitive damages, payment of RSA's attorneys fees and other equitable relief. RSA Data Security considers misappropriation of its intellectual property to be most serious. Not only is this act a violation of law, but its publication is yet another abuse of the Internet. RSA has begun an investigation and will proceed with appropriate action against anyone found to have violated its intellectual property rights. Anyone having information about the misappropriation identified above is encouraged to contact RSA directly.