From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4643A897.2040208@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:19:51 -0600 From: don bailey User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070417) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] crypto licensing References: <4643A4C2.90009@gmail.com> <9ab217670705101612r365df1abw2be7f99c021d1d30@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9ab217670705101612r365df1abw2be7f99c021d1d30@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 63c1f1ea-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> Not sure what you mean. You can freely use MD5, SHA, DES, DES3, >> Rijndael (AES), RSA, and even IDEA now (I believe the patent is gone) >> without obtaining licenses from any entities. > Right, that's what I understand but I can't *prove* it. Are there places online where I can find a verified current status for algorithm specific licenses? Like, is there someplace that RSADSI says "yes, we've let go of MD5 and RSA for public use."? Any help or advice is appreciated. I'm a bit lost when it comes to legalese. Don -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQ6iXyWX0NBMJYAcRAgUkAJ9nyFc0cLoN7GgSlxPngE7y55EesgCfaekG BoA5nuXlhc8ZFd+dMYyhidk= =Ev1I -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----