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- From: ritter@cactus.org (Terry Ritter)
- Subject: Re: NIST stumbles on proposal for public-key encryption
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.180855.24335@cactus.org>
- Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
- References: <1992Jul27.130448.41907@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <4788.Jul2812.30.2492@virtualnews.nyu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 18:08:55 GMT
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- In <4788.Jul2812.30.2492@virtualnews.nyu.edu> brnstnd@nyu.edu
- (Dan Bernstein) writes:
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- >NIST seems to believe that DSS can be used without royalties. If it is
- >incorrect then it will almost certainly withdraw DSS.
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- Oh, I see. After the banks have all installed DSS and are finally
- sued, and after the suit prevails (say 6..8 years), *then* NIST
- will say: "Gee, I guess we were wrong after all."
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- That will be very comforting to the patent holders, who will demand
- compensation for many years of losses, and to intellectual property
- users, who could be liable for considerable expense.
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- The fact that the NIST legal crew has an opinion which states that
- DSS does not infringe is not particularly comforting. If lawyers
- did not hold (or *say* they hold) conflicting opinions, there would
- be no need for courts.
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- >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
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- One of the patents claimed to be infringed by DSS is the US version
- of a European patent.
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- Terry Ritter ritter@cactus.org
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