Re: SRP in OpenSSH draft protocol spec

[Tom Wu <tom%arcot.com@localhost>]

RJ Atkinson wrote:
> 
> At 19:33 02/04/01, Tom Wu wrote:
> >Do you have the same concerns with CAST:
> >
> >http://www.ietf.org/ietf/IPR/CAST-128-entrust
> >http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2144.txt
> >
> >If so, your contention should be with RFC2026.
> 
>         Not at all.  RFC-2026 describes the outer limits
> that process rules permit, not IETF day to day practices.
> 
>         In particular, you have noted that Stanford holds
> the patent on SRP, so you aren't the patent holder yourself.
> Entrust is in fact the patent holder for CAST.

But the IPR statement is not from Entrust, it is from the inventor,
Carlisle Adams.

Tom
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