-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > What is the state of prior art for the P-384? When was it first published? > > Given that RIM is trying to sell itself right now and the patents are the > only asset worth having, I don't have good feelings on this. Well apart from > the business opportunities for expert witnesses specializing in crypto. > > The problem is that to make the market move we need everyone to decide to go > in the same direction. So even though my employer can afford a license, there > is no commercial value to that license unless everyone else has access. > > > Do we have an ECC curve that is (1) secure and (2) has a written description > prior to 1 Sept 1993? > > Due to submarine patent potential, even that is not necessarily enough but it > would be a start.
My understanding is that of the NIST curves, P-256 and P-384 are unencumbered and that P-521 was dropped from Suite B because of IP concerns along with MQV. I don't pretend to speak with authority on any of it. The niggling things often don't make sense. I'm just saying what my understanding is. Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Universal 3.2.0 (Build 1672) Charset: iso-8859-1 wj8DBQFSJg4vsTedWZOD3gYRAka/AKChFoqbDL35bwkrSkeUWdLckNnh5QCfU2mh 7fBzDMh5JKvCI8Hu/AuIuk8= =dv6q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography