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From: Guido van Rooij <Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com>
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Subject: Re: Secure RPC revisited
To: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:05:52 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199611121658.LAA22844@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> from Bill Paul at "Nov 12, 96 11:58:19 am"
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> 
> The Diffie-Hellman issue is another matter. My understanding (which may
> in fact be totally wrong) is that it's not possible to use code which
> implements Diffie-Hellman without paying a licensing fee to RSA (or whoever
> it is this week). But the patent in question is supposed to expire in 1997,
> thus we bide our time, all the while plotting to overthrow the earth and
> cackling maniacally to ourselves. (Alright, maybe it's just me.)
> 

I thought SSH also used diffie hellman. It seems they don't have a problem.
Exactly *where* is the patent living? If it is only in the states, we
might just install it on the internat repository?

-Guido