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NTT offering free licenses for algorithms (incl. Camellia)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kristen Tsolis)
Fri Apr 20 12:25:03 2001
From: "Kristen Tsolis" <ktsolis@mindspring.com>
To: "cryptography" <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 01:32:46 -0700
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According to Nikkan Kogyo News, NTT is offering four patented algorithms
under royalty-free license for limited purposes.
These algorithms include Camellia, EPOC, PSEC, and ESIGN.
http://news.yahoo.co.jp/headlines/nkn/010418/nkn/081000000_nkn000013.html
NTT made this announcement on the same day as the last CRYPTREC meeting. The
CRYPTREC project was initiated by Japan's Information-technology Promotion
Agency (IPA).
The goal of CRYPTREC is to define standard cryptographic algorithms for use
within the Japanese government.
http://www.ipa.go.jp/security/enc/CRYPTREC/index-e.html
-Kristen
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