NODE 987b4a04Re: Crypto Regulation Reform
m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)Wed, 9 Feb 94 07:42:23 PST
Robert Cain writes:
> > Would disclosing the encryption algorithm put your patent claim at
> > risk?
>
> 'Fraid so. R, S and A almost blew it by disclosing theirs in a paper
> before filing.
So your encryption algorithm (not the key exchange part; the
bit-stream encryptor) is not a well-known (or at least published)
algorithm? Hmm...
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NODE 34af9e00Re: Crypto Regulation Reform
rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)Wed, 9 Feb 94 13:17:27 PST
Mike McNally sez:
>
>
> Robert Cain writes:
> > > Would disclosing the encryption algorithm put your patent claim at
> > > risk?
> >
> > 'Fraid so. R, S and A almost blew it by disclosing theirs in a paper
> > before filing.
>
> So your encryption algorithm (not the key exchange part; the
> bit-stream encryptor) is not a well-known (or at least published)
> algorithm? Hmm...
No, I am doing the same kind of thing as most people, using my protocol
to exchange an IDEA key for the actual real-time decrencr. (Short word
I just coined for decryptor/encryptor as in modem or codec :-)
Peace,
Bob
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