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Re: Dumb question

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Max Inux)
Tue Feb 9 22:17:42 1999

Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:53:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Max Inux <maxinux@openpgp.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199902091704.SAA06425@replay.com>
Reply-To: Max Inux <maxinux@openpgp.net>

At 03:52 PM 2/8/99 -0800, Mixmaster wrote:
>Are there any public key cryptosystems that were placed in the public 
>domain?  How long will it be until the RSA cryptosystem is in the public 
>domain?

Uhm, Diffie-Hellman's patent has been expired for a while now, and RSA
should be done towards september 30, 2000 (ish??)

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