On Sun, 29 Jun 2003, Orville R. Weyrich_Jr wrote: > I checked the Apache Web site and found an article from 1998 that said > that RSA had a patent on encryption needed for SSL in the USA. > Somewhere I recall hearing that the patent had expired. Is this true?
I believe it expired in 2000, http://www.seifried.org/security/cryptography/crypto-book/appendix-e.html (Google "RSA Patent Expire" -- multiple sources confirm the date.) -mrh -- From: "Spam Catcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do NOT send email to the address listed above or you will be added to a blacklist! _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"