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diff --git a/doc/rfc/rfc1170.txt b/doc/rfc/rfc1170.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c68f8d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rfc/rfc1170.txt @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ + + + + + + +Network Working Group R. Fougner +Request for Comments: 1170 Public Key Partners + January 1991 + + + Public Key Standards and Licenses + +Status of this Memo + + This RFC is a public statement by Public Key Partners regarding + Public Key Standards and Licenses. This memo is for informational + use only, and does not constitute an Internet standard. Distribution + of this memo is unlimited. + +Public Key Standards and Licenses + + The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Board of Trustees + of the Leland Stanford Junior University have recently granted Public + Key Partners exclusive sublicensing rights to the following patents + registered in the United States, and all of their corresponding + foreign patents: + + Cryptographic Apparatus and Method + ("Diffie-Hellman")............................... No. 4,200,770 + + Public Key Cryptographic Apparatus + and Method ("Hellman-Merkle").................... No. 4,218,582 + + Cryptographic Communications System and + Method ("RSA")................................... No. 4,405,829 + + Exponential Cryptographic Apparatus + and Method ("Hellman-Pohlig").................... No. 4,424,414 + + These patents cover all known methods of practicing the art of Public + Key, including the variations collectively known as El Gamal. + + Due to the broad acceptance of RSA digital signatures throughout the + international community, Public Key Partners strongly endorses its + incorporations in a digital signature standard. We assure the + interested parties that Public Key Partners will comply with all of + the policies of ANSI and the IEEE concerning the availability of + licenses to practice this art. Specifically, in support of any RSA + signature standard which may be adopted, Public Key Partners hereby + gives its assurance that licenses to practice RSA signatures will be + available under reasonable terms and conditions on a non- + discriminatory basis. + + + + +Fougner [Page 1] + +RFC 1170 Public Key Standards and Licenses January 1991 + + + We take this opportunity to thank all of those concerned for their + collective efforts in making this technology readily available for + commercial implementation. + + Public Key Partners + + By: Robert B. Fougner + Director of Licensing + +Security Considerations + + This memo discusses fair access to the use of public key technology + to implement security. + +Author's Address + + Robert B. Fougner + Director of Licensing + Public Key Partners + 130 B Kifer Court + Sunnyvale, CA 94086 + + Phone: (408) 735-6779 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Fougner [Page 2] +
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