Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:29:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SSL Message-ID: <20030630142745.T49599@fubar.adept.org> In-Reply-To: <20030629211239.G22284-100000@localhost> References: <20030629211239.G22284-100000@localhost>
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Orville R. Weyrich_Jr wrote: > I checked the Apache Web site and found an article from 1998 that said > that RSA had a patent on encryption needed for SSL in the USA. > Somewhere I recall hearing that the patent had expired. Is this true? I believe it expired in 2000, http://www.seifried.org/security/cryptography/crypto-book/appendix-e.html (Google "RSA Patent Expire" -- multiple sources confirm the date.) -mrh -- From: "Spam Catcher" <spam-catcher@adept.org> To: spam-catcher@adept.org Do NOT send email to the address listed above or you will be added to a blacklist!
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