Re: RSA Security releases RSA algoritm into public domain two weeks early. [cpunk]
When will we see the first RSAREF-compatible public-domain code? At 10:10 AM 9/6/00 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
Wednesday September 6, 8:03 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Releases RSA Encryption Algorithm into Public Domain
'c = m(e) mod n' Made Available Two Weeks Early
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA® Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS - news) today announced it has released the RSA public key encryption algorithm into the public domain, allowing anyone to create products that incorporate their own implementation of the algorithm. This means that RSA Security has waived its rights to enforce the patent for any development activities that include the RSA algorithm occurring after September 6, 2000.
Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
Bill Stewart wrote:
When will we see the first RSAREF-compatible public-domain code?
[There already is a European developed RSAREF API replacement. Now it is legal for U.S. use. --Perry]
http://www.openssl.org/ Cheers, Ben. -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html Coming to ApacheCon Europe 2000? http://apachecon.com/
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 09:36:32AM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
When will we see the first RSAREF-compatible public-domain code?
'BSAFEeay', a BSAFE API layer on top of SSLeay's crypto lib, was put up on the net about three years ago. It was mostly complete. I beleive that RSAREF is the same API as BSAFE. -- Eric Murray http://www.lne.com/ericm ericm at lne.com PGP keyid:E03F65E5 Consulting Security Architect
I fail to see why anybody would bother with coding up an RSAref compatible lib. But there is of course RSAref Europe, so that job was done years ago. What is more interesting is how long it will take for us to see more fully-featured BSAFE API compatible code. --Lucky On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Bill Stewart wrote:
When will we see the first RSAREF-compatible public-domain code?
At 10:10 AM 9/6/00 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote:
Wednesday September 6, 8:03 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Releases RSA Encryption Algorithm into Public Domain
'c = m(e) mod n' Made Available Two Weeks Early
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA� Security Inc. (Nasdaq: RSAS - news) today announced it has released the RSA public key encryption algorithm into the public domain, allowing anyone to create products that incorporate their own implementation of the algorithm. This means that RSA Security has waived its rights to enforce the patent for any development activities that include the RSA algorithm occurring after September 6, 2000.
Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
-- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP encrypted email preferred.
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