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Re: PGP3.0 & ElGamal
[email protected] wrote:
> I know 3.0 uses discrete log cryptography but whether it will be
> El Gamal or DH or other I don`t know. I would imagine in the end it
> would come down to a question of what is unpatented first and I have
> no idea on the patent date for El Gamal (is it even patented?) but DH
> hasn`t long to go....
According to Schneier, ElGamal isn't patented, but claimed to be
covered by the Diffie-Hellman patent, which expires 29 April 1997.
Bert-Jaap