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From: ee5391aa@triton.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Subject: Re: Khufu and Khafre
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 05:25:02 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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In article <1992Feb13.231223.8159@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> pgut1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz
(Peter Gutmann) writes:

>Actually a much bigger problem with the algorithms is that they have been
>patented by Xerox.  This is a real shame since they are great encryption
>functions (fast, simple, (as far as I know) secure, etc), but since they're
>tied up in patents noone can use them.

Sigh.  Where have I heard _this_ before?  :-(

Peter, is there any chance of getting the patent numbers?  I'd like to com-
pare that to the info already available to see if any changes have been made
in the algorithms.


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