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Re: UUNET Network Encryption Patents
Jim Thompson writes:
> I'm not an IP lawyer (though we have one who works here), but this
>
> > Both network ports have the same network address, making the
> > device> transparent to the local area network in which it is
> > spliced. The device operates by selectively encrypting or
> > decrypting only the data portion of a data packet, leaving the
> > routing information contained in the header and trailer portions
> > of the data packet unchanged.
>
> Would seem to leave IPsec in the free and clear (so to speak.)
Not in Virtual Private Network applications.
It doesn't matter, though. The patents are invalid on their face. None
of this is new technology -- this stuff is all very old. Prior art
fully invalidates a patent.
.pm
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