From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 13 21:33:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA14911 for security-outgoing; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 21:33:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA14900 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 1996 21:32:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA06258 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 06:31:37 +0100 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with UUCP id GAA09763 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 06:31:13 +0100 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.2/keltia-uucp-2.9) id BAA04227; Thu, 14 Nov 1996 01:07:57 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 01:07:57 +0100 From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Secure RPC revisited References: <199611121658.LAA22844@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> <199611130805.JAA02443@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.50.05 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#2686 In-Reply-To: <199611130805.JAA02443@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com>; from Guido van Rooij on Nov 13, 1996 09:05:52 +0100 Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Guido van Rooij: > I thought SSH also used diffie hellman. It seems they don't have a problem. No, SSH is not using Diffie-Hellman. Stel is [was] using it. SSH uses its own RSA-based challenge-response scheme. > Exactly *where* is the patent living? If it is only in the states, we > might just install it on the internat repository? I think -- but may be wrong -- that the patent is for the US only. Maybe some other countries as well if only because of Berne... -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #28: Sun Nov 10 13:37:41 MET 1996