Re: [TLS] draft on new TLS key exchange

[Steven Bellovin <[e-mail]>]

> Speaking of SRP, I'm told the EKE patent expired a few days ago.


Speaking only for myself and not for Alcatel-Lucent, I think you're
correct -- http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,241,599.PN.&OS=PN/5,241,599&RS=PN/5,241,599
shows it was filed on October 2, 1991; my understanding is that was valid
for 20 years from date of filing.  (It might have fallen into the category
of "the later of that date or 17 years from date of issue, but that would
have yielded an expiration date of August 31, 2010.)

		--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb