On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Derek Atkins wrote:
Can anyone provide additional information on the RSA patent status? If memory serves me, it is due to expire sometime in 1997.
I think you need to replaces your SIMMs, your memory is faulty. RSA lives until 2000 (or 2003, I forget); 1997 is Diffie-Helman.
SIMM replacment on both sides of the aisle. Patent # 4.200.770 Date: 3/29/80 Expiration: 3/29/97 Inventor(s) Hellman, Diffie, Merkle Coverage: Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Patent # 4,405,829 Date: 9/20/83 Expiration: 9/20/2000 Inventor(s) Rivest, Shamir, Adleman Coverage: RSA
Also, what are the ramifications of deploying software based around it, such as PGP 2.62i (from UK)?
What you think would happen based on the fact that the patent hasn't expired.
PGP 2.6.2i is not US codebase, and RSA is not patented outside the US according to Bruce Schneiner. Therefore, if a product was deployed into the US using a non-US codebase, it is unclear to me what legal jurisdiction (if any) RSA may have in these circumstances. ...Paul