Do not approve patent-encumbered TLS auth standard
Keith Dawson <kdawson@slashdot.org> Wed, 11 February 2009 17:01 UTC
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Please do not approve the proposed patent-encumbered standard for TLS authorization. Turning down this attempt to sneak a patent into an IETF standard is the only action consistent with the IETF's historical, and essential, commitment to openness. -- Keith Dawson
- Do not approve patent-encumbered TLS auth standard Keith Dawson