Re: IBM press release - encryption and authentication

[Rich Salz]

> No word, of course, on how the thing actually works, or whether they
> intend to patent it.

Not so.  Search your nearest IETF internet-drafts repository for 
        draft-jutla-ietf-ipsec-esp-iapm-00.txt
And in there you will find
        5.  Intellectual Property Issues
             IBM has filed U.S. patents on this mode and its vari-
             ants in April, 2000.

Ennui has its places, this just wasn't one of them. :)
        /r$