RE: RSA License + U.S. commercial use

1999-05-26 Thread Paul Rubin
If you control both the client and server, you can use Diffie-Hellman/DSA. The US patent for DH expired in 1997. DSA is patented by the government but can be used at no charge as long as you follow the standard. Disclaimer: IANAL etc. Technical note: DH is somewhat less cpu-efficient than RSA

Re: RSA License + U.S. commercial use

1999-05-26 Thread Dr Stephen Henson
Bodo Moeller wrote: > > On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 10:25:34AM +1000, Ian Pollard wrote: > > > I have a proprietary client application and server that I have implemented > > OpenSSL for secure comms. My own client app doesn't have to communicate > > with anything other than my own application serve

Re: RSA License + U.S. commercial use

1999-05-26 Thread Bodo Moeller
On Thu, May 27, 1999 at 10:25:34AM +1000, Ian Pollard wrote: > I have a proprietary client application and server that I have implemented > OpenSSL for secure comms. My own client app doesn't have to communicate > with anything other than my own application server. My server will be > likely si

RE: RSA License + U.S. commercial use

1999-05-26 Thread Ian Pollard
A single response from Bodo Moeller on this one would be fine. I have a proprietary client application and server that I have implemented OpenSSL for secure comms. My own client app doesn't have to communicate with anything other than my own application server. My server will be likely situated