From: m5@vail.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 07:42:23 PST
To: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)
Subject: Re: Crypto Regulation Reform
In-Reply-To: <199402090147.RAA07091@mail.netcom.com>
Message-ID: <9402091330.AA11900@vail.tivoli.com>
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Robert Cain writes:
 > > Would disclosing the encryption algorithm put your patent claim at
 > > risk?
 > 
 > 'Fraid so.  R, S and A almost blew it by disclosing theirs in a paper
 > before filing.  

So your encryption algorithm (not the key exchange part; the
bit-stream encryptor) is not a well-known (or at least published)
algorithm?  Hmm...

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