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hi, |
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> I don't get it. Does this mean, if I use IDEA over SSL to secure my |
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> website which provide application services to end users, I must pay |
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> for pattent? Or only mean if I wish to develop and *release* my |
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> application using IDEA? In first case, I am myself an end user / web |
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> content producer of IDEA, in the latter case, I am the software |
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> vendor, not end user. Do I have to pay IDEA patent as end user? |
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if you are end user, or you run your own website, you don't need to be |
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concerned |
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only if you would like to develop a new web server (for example) and use |
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IDEA algorithm, |
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it either has to be for non commercial purposes only, or you have to pay |
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>> IDEA is faster (current implementation of IDEA are approx twice as |
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>> fast as DES implementations) |
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> Do you mean IDEA is approx twice as fast as 3DES in case of SSL? |
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unless you have some special hardware for these algorithms (which |
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'standard' PCs do not have), |
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then yes IDEA is approx twice as fast then 3DES (in any case, including SSL) |
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for some numbers, look here: |
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http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~bosselae/fast.html |
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regards, |
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martin hajduch |
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