Re: [META:222] Um, res-rsa is out of the bag.

[Dave Ahn <ahn@vec.wfubmc.edu>]

I'm stil on vacation, but I'll respond briefly that I have received
explicit clairification on the RSA issue from BXA.  We now have permission
to export our RES-RSA code.  Details to follow when I return.

Dave

On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 02:38:49PM -0800, Carlos Y. Villalpando wrote:
> Hey all, 
> 
> Poking around sniffing after the whole QuakeLives fiasco, and seing
> what QuakeForge is doing for authentication, I found something
> interesting.
> 
> We didn't need to accidentally announce the crypt key to the world.
> QuakeForge realeased it for us.
> 
> http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/856/2000/1/0/3151381/
> 
> Its res-rsa after a mkkey.
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> Though we still should keep up the crypt key thing to cover our own
> asses.
> 
> I'll send off to whoever is the list maintainer and inform him of the
> Patent/Copyright/US Export violation. As far as I know its still a US
> export violation since RSA hasn't freed up the license, right?
> 
> --Carlos V.
> 
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