From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:46:40 +0800
To: K00l Secrets <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: None
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960416070406.00a8a95c@mail.teleport.com>
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At 01:15 AM 4/16/96 -0500, K00l Secrets wrote:
>> If the Diffie-Hellmann patent covers all kind of public key crypto,
>> you need a license from Cylink, i.e. BSAFE is not enough, and if it
>> doesn't you can use El Gamal without a license.
>
>Are there any freely available implementations of El Gamal?

>From what I remember, RSA had made various legal threats to anyone using El
Gamal.  (They claimed it was covered under their patents.)  Since the
Cylink/PKP blowup, I am not certain of the status of this algorithm.

Does anyone have more information on the current status of El Gamal?
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