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Re: Unpatented PAKE!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Laurie)
Mon Jun 2 14:11:57 2008
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:19:42 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@links.org>
To: "Scott G. Kelly" <scott@hyperthought.com>
CC: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>,
Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
In-Reply-To: <22242179.1212422813821.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Scott G. Kelly wrote:
> Ben Laurie wrote:
>> Scott G. Kelly wrote:
>>> Here's another approach to password authenticated key exchange with
>>> similar security claims. The underlying mechanism is under
>>> consideration for inclusion in by the 802.11s group in IEEE:
>>>
>>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-harkins-emu-eap-pwd-01.txt
>> Hmmm. I don't see any IPR statements for that draft.
>
> My understanding is that there are no IPR claims on this method. I am not a lawyer, though.
Given the stupidity of the US patent system, at least the authors need
to state that they make no claims, AIUI.
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