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Not so much in academia. But yes, this would hamper or delay practical/field deployment. See EC crypto etc.
by gcp 15y ago
Not so much in academia. But yes, this would hamper or delay practical/field deployment. See EC crypto etc.
- tptacek 15y agoECC is widely used in industry. DJB seems skeptical of its patent encumbrances: http://cr.yp.to/patents.html http://cr.yp.to/patents.html I do agree there was a time when ECC patents were an issue (particularly Certicom's), but it was certainly not as big a deal as the RSA patent.