Current status of RSA patent...

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jun 19 22:32:01 PDT 1996


> 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.

> 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.

-derek







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