Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 21:19:37 -0700 (MST) From: "Orville R. Weyrich_Jr" <orville@weyrich.com> To: <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: SSL Message-ID: <20030629211239.G22284-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <BB21E605.155C1%mksmith@noanet.net>
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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? What I really need (want) is an inexpensive way to give my Apache server a secure channel for users to log in without transmitting cleartext passwords (the actual data after they log in is NOT sensitive, I just need to know that it came from a trusted user). Anybody have current information on how I can comply with US law and meet my requirement as inexpensively as possible? I gather that I can be my own certificate authority if the people running the web browsers trust me to be who I say I am, but there is that pesky RSA license (?). The application is a political organization, not a commercial venture if that is of any benefit in obtaining pattent relief. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Orville R. Weyrich, Jr. Weyrich Computer Consulting mailto:orville@weyrich.com KD7HJV http://www.weyrich.com -------------------------------------------------------------------
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