CryptoCard patch

[Damien Miller]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Brian Friday wrote:

> > > I was mistaken about Cryptocard, my apologies. Calling RSA proprietary
> > > is a drawing a bit of a long bow though.
> > 
> > Ok, you're right, although it is patented in the US for another 24
> > hours, I believe...  There will probably be some good parties
> > tomorrow.
> 
> Actually RSA dropped its patent rights (or maybe released is a better name
> for it) for RSA encryption as of September 6th... 
 
RSA was never patented in Australia at all :)

-d

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