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1994-06-07 - Re: The Crypto Home Shopping Network

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-06-07 12:35:20 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 7 Jun 94 05:35:20 PDT

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 94 05:35:20 PDT
To: Eli Brandt <ebrandt@jarthur.cs.hmc.edu>
Subject: Re: The Crypto Home Shopping Network
In-Reply-To: <9406070122.AA17402@toad.com>
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Eli Brandt says:
> I dunno whether that's RC4, but RC4 is a stream cipher developed by
> Rivest.  It's not patented; instead, RSADSI licenses it only as an
> object module.

I believe you get sources if you get a source license for their stuff.
I may be wrong, but I was going through the process of getting a
license for Lehman Brothers when I was there, and I don't recall
anything about objects only for RC2 and RC4...

Perry

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