[31859] in bugtraq
Re: Packetstorm started a try2crack of A.R.C.S. Algorithm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark H. Weaver)
Fri Sep 26 18:32:33 2003
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
From: mhw@netris.org (Mark H. Weaver)
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:04:18 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20030926182002.30162.qmail@sf-www3-symnsj.securityfocus.com> (Angelo
Rosiello's message of "26 Sep 2003 18:20:02 -0000")
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Angelo Rosiello <guilecool@usa.com> writes:
> A.R.C.S., or the Angelo Rosiello and Roberto Carrrozzo Stream
> cipher, is a copyrighted algorithm that the authors have allowed
> http://packetstorm.org sole rights to host and distribute. [...] Be
> forewarned, commercial use of this algorithm is forbidden without
> the Authors' consent.
Algorithms can patented, but they cannot be copyrighted. Only a
particular expression of an algorithm can be copyrighted.
Mark
