Why RSA?
Ed Carp
khijol!erc at apple.com
Tue Sep 21 13:56:35 PDT 1993
> Derek Zahn says:
> >
> > Is there some reason that we shouldn't pick a different
> > public key encryption algorithm than RSA to use as a
> > freely-available standard? The PGP docs imply that "almost"
> > all practical such schemes are patented, implying that
> > some are not.
>
> All are patented in so far as one of the patents covers ALL public key
> schemes. Some, like Rabin's scheme, have possible technical advantages
> over RSA.
How about that public key scheme they came up with in Australia a while
back? And why should RSA's patent be so construed as to cover ALL public
key schemes? Because Jim Bidzos says so?
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Ed Carp, N7EKG erc at apple.com 510/659-9560
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If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than
steel! -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"
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