Re: Certicom IP Statement Regarding IKE

[chris stillson <stillson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Russ Housley writes:
 > Chris:
 > 
 > I read the IPR statement differently.  I am not going to take any position 
 > about the patents. However, the second paragraph offers royalty-free use of 
 > the 768-bit and the 1024-bit MODP groups in RFC 2409.  These groups are 
 > used with Diffie-Hellman.
 > 
 > The IPS statement does not say anything about the other MODP groups, which 
 > implies that the situation will be different.

I didn't notice that. Yes they do make claim against 2409. Isn't it a
bit late for them to do that? I can understand them having claims on
ECC, but the modp stuff? How? The RFC is 6 1/2 years old.....

chris stillson
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