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See RSA Security's press release at

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http://www.rsasecurity.com/news/pr/000906-1.html (September 6, 2000):
"RSA Security Releases RSA Encryption Algorithm into Public Domain"
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You can configure OpenSSL so as not to use RC5 and IDEA by using You can configure OpenSSL so as not to use RC5 and IDEA by using
./config no-rc5 no-idea ./config no-rc5 no-idea
Until the RSA patent expires, U.S. users may want to use
./config no-rc5 no-idea no-rsa
Please note that you will *not* be able to communicate with most of
the popular web browsers without RSA support.
* Is OpenSSL thread-safe? * Is OpenSSL thread-safe?

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country. The file contains some of the patents that we know about or are country. The file contains some of the patents that we know about or are
rumoured to exist. This is not a definitive list. rumoured to exist. This is not a definitive list.
RSA Data Security holds software patents on the RSA and RC5 algorithms. If RSA Security holds software patents on the RC5 algorithm. If you
their ciphers are used used inside the USA (and Japan?), you must contact RSA intend to use this cipher, you must contact RSA Security for
Data Security for licensing conditions. Their web page is licensing conditions. Their web page is http://www.rsasecurity.com/.
http://www.rsa.com/.
RC4 is a trademark of RSA Data Security, so use of this label should perhaps RC4 is a trademark of RSA Security, so use of this label should perhaps
only be used with RSA Data Security's permission. only be used with RSA Security's permission.
The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, The IDEA algorithm is patented by Ascom in Austria, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. They should Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the USA. They should
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a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. For OpenVMS systems, read a Win32 platform, read the INSTALL.W32 file. For OpenVMS systems, read
INSTALL.VMS. INSTALL.VMS.
For people in the USA, it is possible to compile OpenSSL to use RSA Inc.'s
public key library, RSAREF, by configuring OpenSSL with the option "rsaref".
Read the documentation in the doc/ directory. It is quite rough, but it Read the documentation in the doc/ directory. It is quite rough, but it
lists the functions, you will probably have to look at the code to work out lists the functions, you will probably have to look at the code to work out
how to used them. Look at the example programs. how to used them. Look at the example programs.