Dear IETF committee members,
In February 2006, a standard for "TLS authorization" was introduced in
the IETF for consideration. Very late in the discussion, a company
called RedPhone Security disclosed (this disclosure has subsequently
been unpublished from the IETF website) that they applied for a patent
which would need to be licensed to anyone wanting to practice the
standard. After this disclosure, the proposal was rejected.
Despite claims that RedPhone have offered a license for implementation
of this protocol, users of this protocol would still be threatened by
the patent. The IETF should continue to oppose this standard until
RedPhone provide a royalty-free license for all users.
Sincerely yours,
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Pedro J. Ponce de León Amador
Dpto. de lenguajes y sistemas informáticos
Universidad de Alicante - E03080 Spain
Tlf: +34 965 903400, ext. 2981
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