>The patent is dated 11-27-2013. It's not a patent, it's a patent application, and if you read the first page of the application, it claims priority from a provisional application dated March 15, 2013, which is earlier than July.
>The first openpgpkey draft is dated July 15, 2013. >https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wouters-dane-openpgp-00 >The patent is also completely unrelated to email, and instead mumbles >about using DNSSEC to publish policy for public consumption. You might want to reread the application. If you say that a S/MIME certificate expresses policies, which is not much of a stretch in patent-ese, then this applies directly to publishing a bunch of DNSSEC signed certificates. I agree that the application is pretty weak, and there is probably lots of prior art, but I'd also note that an e-mail message from long ago saying that one wanted to do something is not necessarily prior art if you can't show that someone actually did it. I would also note that it is an application, not a patent, and many, perhaps most, applications never turn into patents. But it's definitely relevant. FYI, there are also patent applications pending in Europe and China. R's, John _______________________________________________ dane mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dane
