I would direct you to Schneier ("Applied Cryptography") for patents
related to things that were known in 1996, including elliptic curve.None of us on the list are lawyers, and we certainly haven't done an exhaustive patent search. -Kyle H On 2/20/06, Roger Boden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently looking into what configuration of openssl that would be > patent infringement safe world wide. This is what come up with so far. > > IDEA should be left out, Ascom holds a patent for this algorithm. > RC5 should be left out. RSA security holds a patent for this algorithm > > MD2, MD4 and MD5 are ok to use. RSA Security has published an IPR disclosure > on www.ietf.org stating that these algorithms can be made, used and sold > without any license from RSA Security Inc. > > Is RSA ok to include? The RSA patent has expired in the US, but what about > other countries? > > What about eliptic curves? I have found some discussions on emailing lists > about Sun's eliptic curve contribution to Openssl and possible IPR issues? > What is the status? > > Are there other patents or other IPR issues that needs to be considered? > > Regards Roger > > _________________________________________________________________ > Nyhet! Hotmail direkt i Mobilen! http://mobile.msn.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
