PGP3.0 & ElGamal
Bert-Jaap Koops
E.J.Koops at kub.nl
Fri Nov 15 00:08:35 PST 1996
paul at fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I know 3.0 uses discrete log cryptography but whether it will be
> El Gamal or DH or other I don`t know. I would imagine in the end it
> would come down to a question of what is unpatented first and I have
> no idea on the patent date for El Gamal (is it even patented?) but DH
> hasn`t long to go....
According to Schneier, ElGamal isn't patented, but claimed to be
covered by the Diffie-Hellman patent, which expires 29 April 1997.
Bert-Jaap
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