From: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 04:16:43 +0800
To: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Subject: Re: Any DLL's that handle Public Key Encryption or Key Exchange?
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At 12:40 AM 5/17/96 +1200, pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz wrote:
>  The second is that if you're in the US you're probably going to run 
>into legal hassles using this code unless someone wants to do an
>alternative RSAREF implementation which you can plug in in place of the
>existing RSA code.

There's an RSAEURO drop-in clone of RSAREF that's on ftp.ox.ac.uk,
so you could write a version of your software that lets Yankees and
non-Yankees drop in whichever version is appropriate without worrying
about patent or copyright problems.  Any* RSAREF system used in the US
has the problem that it's limited to the "official" interfaces,
which means you can't do fully general RSA without permission.

(* There was one RSAREF version that didn't insist on this in
its license; don't remember which one.)
#					Thanks;  Bill
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