[67794] in Cypherpunks
Re: pgp, edi, s/mime
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer@c2.net)
Thu Oct 10 16:37:51 1996
From: sameer@c2.net
To: raph@cs.berkeley.edu (Raph Levien)
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 13:01:50 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <325D296E.796D3740@cs.berkeley.edu> from "Raph Levien" at Oct 10, 96 09:50:54 am
> S/MIME also requires the use of RC2, which is not patented, although RSA
> may assert rights under trade secret law. This is still a bit
> controversial, and the issue of inclusion of RC2 in RIPEM has not been
> fully resolved yet. However, RSA has indicated a willingness to allow at
> least object code for RC2 to be released as part of the RIPEM
> distribution. The RC2 algorithm is only for compatibility with crippled
> "export" implemenations of S/MIME, and can be omitted if you're only
> ocmmunicating with non-crippled clients. (It should be noted that such a
> version would not be in compliance with the S/MIME implementation
> guide).
An RC2-compatible cipher ships with SSLeay these days. Not a
problem.
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