From: David Sternlight <david@sternlight.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 13:16:55 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
Subject: Re: PictureTel Licenses Cylink Security Technology For EncryptedVideoconfe (fwd)
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At 8:26 AM -0700 7/19/96, David Lesher wrote:
>Message-ID: <BcylinkURQwQ_6lJ@clari.net>
>
>Clarinet reports:
>
>   SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 1996--Cylink Corp.
>(NASDAQ: CYLK) today announced that it has licensed its patented
>security technology, the Diffie-Hellman, Hellman-Merkle patents
>covering public key cryptography, to PictureTel Corp. (NASDAQ:PCTL)
>to be used in its System 4000 group videoconferencing systems.
>
>   The Cylink license allows access to all implementations of
>Public Key cryptography, including Diffie-Hellman key exchanges and
>Digital Signature Standard (DSS), .....

That's what Cylink claims. RSADSI disagrees vigorously. Stay tuned for the
court results.

David