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- From: marti@nugget.inf.ethz.ch (Robert Marti)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt,alt.security,alt.security.pgp
- Subject: Re: PGP as a World Standard
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.152248.26060@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 15:22:48 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.213627.28282@netcom.com> <aZHZVB15w165w@mantis.co.uk> <MOORE.92Dec18101541@defmacro.cs.utah.edu>
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- In article <MOORE.92Dec18101541@defmacro.cs.utah.edu>, moore@cs.utah.edu
- (Tim Moore) writes:
- |> In article <aZHZVB15w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew <mathew@mantis.co.uk>
- |> writes:
- |> > PGP does not use any techniques which are patented in the EC.
- |>
- |> The IDEA cipher is patented in Switzerland. I admit that I don't
- |> know if Switzerland is considered part of the EC or not.
-
- Switzerland is NOT part of the EC at the present time. Switzerland
- is not even a member of the EES (European Economic Space). However,
- note that international patents for IDEA are pending.
-
- Disclaimer: Even though I happen to be employed by the institution
- where IDEA was developed, I have had nothing to do with it.
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