Glad to see the draft available!! > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 10:27:29 -0500 > From: dpkemp@missi.ncsc.mil (David P. Kemp) > > Perhaps you should check with RSADSI to see if they still regard RC4 as > an "unpublished work", despite the fact that it leaked out some time ago. I believe the answer is "yes", so anyone (at least in the US) who wants to ship an "RC4-compatible" cipher should have lawyers ready. (The name "RC4" is probably trademarked, regardless of the secrecy of that algorithm.) Now, is this foolishness? Trying to claim Trade Secret protection for something that's clearly not a secret? Yes. But it's lawyers and judges which have to agree on that, not mere mortals. I don't know that the IETF wants to fund those lawyers. If it does, that'd be very good news. - DaveReceived on Friday, 7 March 1997 12:17:10 UTC
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