>SAN DIEGO -- February 27, 2003 -- In an initiative designed to benefit the >telecommunications industry and the general public, QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: >QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital >wireless technology, today announced that it will allow free use of its SOBER and >Turing encryption algorithms for any purpose. In the past, QUALCOMM provided the >encryption software only to its licensed manufacturers or for non-commercial use. > >Turing and the SOBER family are high-speed, highly secure stream ciphers and are >thought to be immune to any practical cryptanalytic attacks.
[ ObDisclaimer: I am now a Qualcomm employee, but I didn't work on this. ] -- -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hey! Who messed with my anti-paranoia shot?
