1996-09-10 - Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster

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From: Germano Caronni <caronni@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
To: ghio@c2.net (Matthew Ghio)
Message Hash: 0dd948ab0a99cf213fb783962e14424a881d787e94a833cec4fe0557122ecf24
Message ID: <199609101929.VAA19477@kom30.ethz.ch>
Reply To: <199609100232.TAA22069@infinity.c2.org>
UTC Datetime: 1996-09-10 23:28:15 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 07:28:15 +0800

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From: Germano Caronni <caronni@tik.ee.ethz.ch>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 07:28:15 +0800
To: ghio@c2.net (Matthew Ghio)
Subject: Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster
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Matthew Ghio wrote:
> > I agree it does not make much difference mathematically, but one DH modulus
> > always makes me uneasy. DH is still patented though. I think I will continue
> > to use RSAREF, but compose the standard so the protocol supports unlimited
> > key sizes.
  
Just a short note. The DH patent (#4200770), as held by Cylink expires at
the 29th of april '97. Afterwards DH enters the public domain. That's a
certain argument for using DH key exchange. RSA will go into the public
domain somewhen in 2002, if I remember correctly.

Germano

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• 1996-09-07 (Sun, 8 Sep 1996 00:50:51 +0800) - forward secrecy in mixmaster - Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
  • 1996-09-08 (Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:04:52 +0800) - Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster - Lance Cottrell <loki@infonex.com>
    • 1996-09-09 (Mon, 9 Sep 1996 09:08:34 +0800) - Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster - Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
    • 1996-09-09 (Mon, 9 Sep 1996 14:44:03 +0800) - Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster - Lance Cottrell <loki@infonex.com>
      • 1996-09-10 (Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:35:37 +0800) - Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster - ghio@c2.net (Matthew Ghio)
        • 1996-09-10 (Wed, 11 Sep 1996 07:28:15 +0800) - Re: forward secrecy in mixmaster - Germano Caronni <caronni@tik.ee.ethz.ch>