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  2. From: ray@ole.cdac.com (Ray Berry)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
  4. Subject: Re: PD public key system
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug16.174133.20172@ole.cdac.com>
  6. Date: 16 Aug 92 17:41:33 GMT
  7. References: <1992Aug15.060903.7682@dsd.es.com>
  8. Organization: Cascade Design Automation
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  11. rjones@itchy.dsd.es.com (Ray Jones - Perp) writes:
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  13. (description deleted...)
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  15. >Any suggestions?  Is it true I can't use RSA?  Is there a scheme that would
  16. >work for the above and that I could also distribute?
  17.  
  18.     Some time ago Next Inc. announced their intentions to use a scheme termed
  19. "elliptical descent" for public key security.  I'm not qualified to comment
  20. on its applicability or security - perhaps others here can do so.  I don't
  21. recall it being discussed here at the time of the announcement.  My impression
  22. was that it was free of patent liability issues.
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  24. Ray Berry  kb7ht  ray@ole.UUCP  73407.3152@compuserve.com  /* inquire within */
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