Please send me SSL problems...
hallam at w3.org
hallam at w3.org
Wed Sep 20 22:43:20 PDT 1995
Rich Salz <rsalz at osf.org> writes
>I've heard that Digital, HP, and IBM have all mandated that all security
>code (except keymgmt and other things that are out of scope) must go
>through the GSSAPI: no writing your own stuff. I heard, less
>authoritatively, that Microsoft has the same rules, except they use a
>FunnyLookingVariant(far) of an earlier GSSAPI draft.
None of these organisations have mentioned GSSAPI to me.
Do you have a source?
David Van Wie <dvw at hamachi.epr.com> writes
>Many technologies have both patented parts and trade >secret parts. Often,
>companies will maintain information that is in patent applications as trade
>secret until they are granted. I guess I should say _if_ they are granted!
> After a patent is granted, it is usually a good idea to also maintain some
>trade secrets in your products -- since trade secrets never "expire," unlike
>patents. If the patent isn't granted, you still have the option of treating
>the contents as an intellectual property under trade secret protection.
Rubish, disclosure is required for a grant of a patent. Unless someone
skilled in the art can duplicate the invention from the patent claim
you don't get a patent issued.
Trade secret protection is very tricky in any case. Its practically
useless if you want to protect a product rather than a procedure.
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