NODE 39e0a520PictureTel Licenses Cylink Security Technology For Encrypted Videoconfe (fwd)
David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>Sat, 20 Jul 1996 03:07:38 +0800
Message-ID: <BcylinkURQwQ_6lJ@clari.net>
Clarinet reports:
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1996--Cylink Corp.
(NASDAQ: CYLK) today announced that it has licensed its patented
security technology, the Diffie-Hellman, Hellman-Merkle patents
covering public key cryptography, to PictureTel Corp. (NASDAQ:PCTL)
to be used in its System 4000 group videoconferencing systems.
The Cylink license allows access to all implementations of
Public Key cryptography, including Diffie-Hellman key exchanges and
Digital Signature Standard (DSS), .....
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NODE e65e4db2Re: PictureTel Licenses Cylink Security Technology For EncryptedVideoconfe (fwd)
David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>Sat, 20 Jul 1996 13:16:55 +0800
At 8:26 AM -0700 7/19/96, David Lesher wrote:
>Message-ID: <BcylinkURQwQ_6lJ@clari.net>
>
>Clarinet reports:
>
> SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1996--Cylink Corp.
>(NASDAQ: CYLK) today announced that it has licensed its patented
>security technology, the Diffie-Hellman, Hellman-Merkle patents
>covering public key cryptography, to PictureTel Corp. (NASDAQ:PCTL)
>to be used in its System 4000 group videoconferencing systems.
>
> The Cylink license allows access to all implementations of
>Public Key cryptography, including Diffie-Hellman key exchanges and
>Digital Signature Standard (DSS), .....
That's what Cylink claims. RSADSI disagrees vigorously. Stay tuned for the
court results.
David