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Date:      Fri, 08 Sep 1995 09:24:46 -0500
From:      William McVey - wam <wamcvey@fedex.com>
To:        Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Do we *really* need logger(1)? 
Message-ID:  <199509081423.AA08525@gateway.fedex.com>

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Guido van Rooij wrote:
> Better is to have a
> diffie-hellman scheme to obtain a session key.

This is just an FYI, Diffie Helman key exchange is patented by PKP.  If we 
are going to revamp syslog to use it, then for our sakes, we should do the 
legal work to get a license.  The patent doesn't expire for another 2 years 
even... :-(

 -- William



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