According to Nikkan Kogyo News, NTT is offering four patented algorithms under royalty-free license for limited purposes. These algorithms include Camellia, EPOC, PSEC, and ESIGN. http://news.yahoo.co.jp/headlines/nkn/010418/nkn/081000000_nkn000013.html NTT made this announcement on the same day as the last CRYPTREC meeting. The CRYPTREC project was initiated by Japan's Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA). The goal of CRYPTREC is to define standard cryptographic algorithms for use within the Japanese government. http://www.ipa.go.jp/security/enc/CRYPTREC/index-e.html -Kristen --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]