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Re: Crypto Regulation Reform
Mike McNally sez:
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>
> Robert Cain writes:
> > > Would disclosing the encryption algorithm put your patent claim at
> > > risk?
> >
> > 'Fraid so. R, S and A almost blew it by disclosing theirs in a paper
> > before filing.
>
> So your encryption algorithm (not the key exchange part; the
> bit-stream encryptor) is not a well-known (or at least published)
> algorithm? Hmm...
No, I am doing the same kind of thing as most people, using my protocol
to exchange an IDEA key for the actual real-time decrencr. (Short word
I just coined for decryptor/encryptor as in modem or codec :-)
Peace,
Bob
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Bob Cain [email protected] 408-354-8021
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