17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Someone just asked me if it would be possible for the NSA to use a front company to buy crypto patents (or companies that own lots of crypto patents), then simply pull them off the market. When I thought about it I couldn't understand why they haven't done it already. Can whoever ends up with the rsa patent pull rsaref off the market, and retroactively make software that uses it illegal? Or would they just be able to prevent people from writing new code with rsaref?