[51505] in Cypherpunks
Re: SEAL cipher info requested (something actually list related!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mutant Rob)
Wed Mar 6 08:38:21 1996
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 08:31:48 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
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Christopher Allen wrote:
> What I am seeking is more than what is in the book:
>
> * are there are any links on the web to SEAL?
I tried skimming the web and found little relevant info.
[..]
> * has anyone currently licensed it?
I have heard through the grapevine that Richard Mark's version of
UUENCODE implements SEAL.
> * should we be (the community) be looking at SEAL
> for standards (say as an alternative to RC4?)?
RC4 is not patented, and AFAIK RSA is not actively seeking royalties etc.
for using it. SEAL is patented/patent pending.
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