[4576] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
idea, cast as used in PGP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Stay)
Fri Apr 30 16:32:06 1999
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:10:15 -0600
From: Mike Stay <staym@accessdata.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
I think CAST-256 is the default symmetric encryption used in PGP 5.x,
6.x freeware; the openPGP draft supports a bunch of other algs including
IDEA, which is patented. Could we charge for a product that simply uses
those algorithms to get the secret key from the keyring (we're not
encrypting anything with symmetric keys) without paying royalties?
--
Mike Stay
Cryptographer / Programmer
AccessData Corp.
mailto:staym@accessdata.com
