[118131] in Cypherpunks
Re: Starium's phone encryption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Mon Sep 20 15:50:29 1999
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:23:23 -0400
To: Lazlo Toth <lazlototh@hempseed.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Cc: Eric Blossom <eb@starium.com>
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Reply-To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
I wrote about Starium last month. Check out wired.com.
-Declan
At 13:25 9/18/1999 -0400, Lazlo Toth wrote:
>I read at <http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG19990423S0015> that, in
>addition to selling a sub-$100 hardware device, Eric Blossom's
>Starium <http://www.starium.com> intends to license their algorithm
>to digital phone manufacturers and is working on a single-chip
>solution which can be OEMed for analog phones.
>
>Does anyone know if Starium intends to release enough details of
>their algorithm that others could manufacture compatible devices? Or
>are they planning to use patents to enforce a monopoly or milk
>licensing revenue from their competitors? (I was unable to find any
>US patents assigned to Starium or Comsec, though I am not expert at
>patent searches.)
>
>It would be wonderful if this technology became ubiquitous. An open
>standard unencumbered by IP concerns would help a lot. I understand
>they use 3DES and Diffie-Hellman, which are both unencumbered,
>correct?
