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Rivest Patent

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NODE dbc7e38aRivest Patent John Young <jya@pipeline.com>Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:24:37 +0800

Ron Rivest received on November 10 "US Patent 5835600: 
Block encryption algorithm with data-dependent rotations:"

   http://jya.com/rivest111098.htm  (22K)

NODE c77cf321Re: Rivest Patent Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>Sat, 14 Nov 1998 04:24:44 +0800

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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