Re: Weak user keys, strong servers.

2000-07-25 Thread Bill Stewart
>James A. Donald: >The problem is that I assume that people find each other's IP and transient >public key through the server. I also assume the user's computer is >insecure, the user is ignorant and careless about security and the user may >change computers from time to time. Thus his publi

Re: Exact time/date of RSA Expiration

2000-07-25 Thread Scot Wilcoxon
Meyer Wolfsheim wrote: > Since the patent went into effect Midnight, Sept. 20, 1983, EDT, logic > would dictate that at the stroke of midnight on Sept 20, 2000, you would > be able to post such things. Next you need a legal definition of "stroke of midnight". 00:00:00 Sept 20? 00:00:01 Sept 20? 0

A proposal for secure videoconferencing and video messaging over the Internet

2000-07-25 Thread James A. Donald
A proposal for secure videoconferencing and video messaging over the Internet Personal presence service is going to be a protocol as widely used as http, and if we can get security into that protocol, it will result in widely deployed nyms, unli

RE: Exact time/date of RSA Expiration

2000-07-25 Thread Heyman, Michael
> From: Will Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Can anybody provide insight into the question of exactly when the RSA > patent expires beyond just September 20? > 35 USC 154(2) says the term shall begin on the date on which the patent issues and ending 20 years from the date on which the appli

Re: Exact time/date of RSA Expiration

2000-07-25 Thread Harald Koch
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Meyer Wolfsheim had to walk into mine and say: > > Since the patent went into effect Midnight, Sept. 20, 1983, EDT, logic > would dictate that at the stroke of midnight on Sept 20, 2000, you would > be able to post such things. Midnight is