From: khijol!erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 13:56:35 PDT
To: pmetzger@lehman.com
Subject: Re: Why RSA?
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> Derek Zahn says:
> > 
> > Is there some reason that we shouldn't pick a different
> > public key encryption algorithm than RSA to use as a
> > freely-available standard?  The PGP docs imply that "almost"
> > all practical such schemes are patented, implying that
> > some are not.
> 
> All are patented in so far as one of the patents covers ALL public key
> schemes. Some, like Rabin's scheme, have possible technical advantages
> over RSA.

How about that public key scheme they came up with in Australia a while
back?  And why should RSA's patent be so construed as to cover ALL public
key schemes?  Because Jim Bidzos says so?
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