-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Is Rabin encryption patented? I have never heard of any patent covering Rabin encryption, but I have also heard that Diffie-Hellman will be the first PK algorithm that is patent-free when the patent expires in '97. I know that until recently, ElGamal was considered to be covered under the DH patent. I wonder if the same is also true for Rabin. - -- Mark =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= markm@voicenet.com | finger -l for PGP key 0xe3bf2169 http://www.voicenet.com/~markm/ | d61734f2800486ae6f79bfeb70f95348 "In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point." -- Friedrich Nietzsche -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMbozMrZc+sv5siulAQH2ugP8C0ymdTJJLUa9NQxj7ahkcGD/u0tFZWfN DtMDRm08b0aupADNgDntn7ZHAZKXo5RRAClLfvB3Z/gIGMbqAQKFMItSN7CbJ4k1 osY2enhnrDN840LH0jQmC/dS0MjVWh5CaC3R9SqHqhiu5S5oZUP4fAJhIyDMcQuo VLGUQzLZVxs= =P3wZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----