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- From: brnstnd@nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: NIST stumbles on proposal for public-key encryption
- Message-ID: <4788.Jul2812.30.2492@virtualnews.nyu.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 12:30:24 GMT
- References: <1992Jul27.130448.41907@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <25590.Jul2801.38.4492@virtualnews.nyu.edu> <1992Jul28.055837.10815@cactus.org>
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- In article <1992Jul28.055837.10815@cactus.org> ritter@cactus.org (Terry Ritter) writes:
- > If that is the case, then isn't it a shame that NIST does not own
- > the public key patents.
-
- NIST seems to believe that DSS can be used without royalties. If it is
- incorrect then it will almost certainly withdraw DSS.
-
- > There are at least two patent holders who claim
- > that DSS infringes their patents [1].
-
- Let's not mince words here: *RSA Data Security Incorporated* claims that
- DSS is insecure, that DSS infringes upon its patents, etc., etc., etc. I
- am astounded that people like Rivest have the nerve to comment on DSS
- without admitting their financial interest in RSA. I am unhappy, though
- not so surprised, that people go around repeating RSADSI's claims as if
- they were true.
-
- ---Dan
-