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- Subject: DES, PKP
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- People may be interested in the following two things:
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- (1) FIPS 112 (Password Management) actually contains FORTRAN code to
- perform DES. There are no export or special marking anywhere on the cover
- or title page of this US government publication. There is a one line
- comment buried in the FORTRAN code that says it "should not be exported".
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- (2) PKP has issued the following RFC
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- Network Working Group R. Fougner
- Request for Comments: 1170 Public Key Partners
- January 1991
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- Public Key Standards and Licenses
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- Status of this Memo
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- This RFC is a public statement by Public Key Partners regarding
- Public Key Standards and Licenses. This memo is for informational
- use only, and does not constitute an Internet standard. Distribution
- of this memo is unlimited.
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- Public Key Standards and Licenses
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- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Board of Trustees
- of the Leland Stanford Junior University have recently granted Public
- Key Partners exclusive sublicensing rights to the following patents
- registered in the United States, and all of their corresponding
- foreign patents:
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- Cryptographic Apparatus and Method
- ("Diffie-Hellman")............................... No. 4,200,770
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- Public Key Cryptographic Apparatus
- and Method ("Hellman-Merkle").................... No. 4,218,582
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- Cryptographic Communications System and
- Method ("RSA")................................... No. 4,405,829
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- Exponential Cryptographic Apparatus
- and Method ("Hellman-Pohlig").................... No. 4,424,414
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- These patents cover all known methods of practicing the art of Public
- Key, including the variations collectively known as El Gamal.
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- Due to the broad acceptance of RSA digital signatures throughout the
- international community, Public Key Partners strongly endorses its
- incorporations in a digital signature standard. We assure the
- interested parties that Public Key Partners will comply with all of
- the policies of ANSI and the IEEE concerning the availability of
- licenses to practice this art. Specifically, in support of any RSA
- signature standard which may be adopted, Public Key Partners hereby
- gives its assurance that licenses to practice RSA signatures will be
- available under reasonable terms and conditions on a non-
- discriminatory basis.
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- Fougner [Page 1]
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- RFC 1170 Public Key Standards and Licenses January 1991
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- We take this opportunity to thank all of those concerned for their
- collective efforts in making this technology readily available for
- commercial implementation.
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- Public Key Partners
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- By: Robert B. Fougner
- Director of Licensing
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- Security Considerations
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- This memo discusses fair access to the use of public key technology
- to implement security.
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- Author's Address
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- Robert B. Fougner
- Director of Licensing
- Public Key Partners
- 130 B Kifer Court
- Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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- Phone: (408) 735-6779
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