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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Subject: Re: RSA sucks (Re: PGP warning (ooo; I am scared))
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.042435.7802@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec22.172755.6937@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <4336@novavax.UUCP> <1992Dec27.180042.7620@netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:24:35 GMT
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- John Nagle says "RSA isn't sitting on the technology, they license it..."
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- Some details, from an RSA letter to NIST:
- "A growing number of major computer industry companies have licensed
- and endorsed the patented RSA system. Many, including Motorola,
- Northern Telecom, Lotus Development and Novell, Inc., have already
- made RSA a standard part of their mainstream products and have shipped
- over half a million copies. Current plans of RSA licensees will put
- this number at several million within a year. (Recently, a Fortune 10
- company purchased 15,000 copies of a product from a U.S. licensee of
- RSA which has privacy and authentication based on the RSA system
- embedded in it, for use in Europe.) The RSA system offers both
- authentication and privacy. Furthermore, there is a well developed,
- complete standard for its use, developed by a number of the most
- important companies in the U.S., including Microsoft, Sun
- Microsystems, Lotus, Digital Equipment, and many others. "
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- David
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- David Sternlight
- RIPEM Public Key on server -- Consider it an envelope for your e-mail
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