1997-09-09 - Re: GAK patents, anyone?

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From: Alan <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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Message ID: <3.0.3.32.19970908172559.03d80b60@ctrl-alt-del.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-09-09 00:41:25 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:41:25 +0800

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From: Alan <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:41:25 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: GAK patents, anyone?
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At 01:34 AM 9/9/97 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>
>Anyone want to guess how long until they will give 'key escrow' systems
>special protection?  
>
>(Actually that would be a good thing, because it would make GAK more
>expensive :-)

It would be interesting to find out what they would do if someone patented
all the good GAK methods and then held on to the patents .

Sounds like a job for Ron Rivest or Matt Blaze. ]:>

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