This is a request that the patent-encumbered standard for TLS authorization involving a patent claimed by RedPhone Security not be approved unless the patent threat is entirely removed with a royalty-free license for all users. A patent encumbered standard for TLS authorization would put another barrier in the way software users and programmers. We depend on the IETF to prevent this from happening. IETF should oppose the standard until RedPhone provides a royalty-free license for all users. -- Michael Gass Department of Mathematics St. John's University Collegeville, MN 56321-3000 (320) 363-3090 mgass@xxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf