[118439] in Cypherpunks
Re: IBM to built crypto-on-a-chip into all its PCs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Tue Sep 28 05:06:10 1999
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:28:22 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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Robert Hettinga wrote:
> However, IBM clearly wants to retain a lead, which no doubt explains
> Gardner's reluctance to discuss any plans the company may have to
> licence the technology to motherboard vendors. All she would say on
> the subject was a vague "you may see something along those lines in
> the future".
Duh! As I understand it, the chip is an _Intel_ chip. How do IBM propose
to control licensing? Oooh, hang on, I get it, if they don't mention it
in press releases, no-one will catch on!
Cheers,
Ben.
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