-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I am nearing completion of the alpha version of my Win95 Blowfish implementation aka "Hootie" (I couldn't resist). Both the pre-releases and final version of Hootie will be freeware. But before I do so, I want to double check by information on the rights to the following algorithms. I'm only interested in US patents, since I won't be able to export it anyway. So correct me if any of the following statements are incorrect: 1. Blowfish is not patented and can be used without royalty. 2. SHA can be used without royalty. 3. MD5 can be used without royalty if the RSAREF library is used, and if the proper credit is given to RSA. Also, can the MD5 algorithm be used outside the RSAREF library? In other words, can I rewrite the code to take in effect MFC classes? I'll post more information about Hootie later. It's not an earthshattering or groundbreaking program. I wrote it largely as a learning excercise in MSVC++, but it's a functional program with a good user interface so I decided to release it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMcr1IfBB6nnGJuMRAQGIKgP/V8b6AY7dfbK2EBbVcJ01nfSs5svCaCau BNC32zW+/0pzoZrz0C8eTUubOhFFwPMzng3QI9A7J197I64UdPtn4crYV8qDjJRU LeeGhffduh6Jhubd6V5q7VjauQ4khR/Q3kvHvWhA6INBNe9/mQzezaf8HwUr/Tk6 +B9ikYxIUmo= =6vI/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- David F. Ogren ogren@concentric.net (alternate address: dfogren@msn.com) PGP Key ID: 0xC626E311 PGP Key Fingerprint: 24 23 CD 15 BF 8D D1 DE 81 71 84 C8 2C E0 4B 01 (public key available via server or by sending a message to ogren@concentric.net with a subject of GETPGPKEY)