Rivest Patent

[Eric Cordian]

JYA writes:

> Ron Rivest received on November 10 "US Patent 5835600: 
> Block encryption algorithm with data-dependent rotations:" 
> http://jya.com/rivest111098.htm (22K) 

So we can't use the rotate instruction with a data-dependent shift 
count in a block encryption algorithm without a license from Ron?

Foo on that.

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