>> As implementer of the technology, and having consulted with legal >> aid, I have made another interpretation. ... >My reading of RedPhone's IPR disclosure 1026 is that they claim to >have a patent application about a larger system that includes >tls-authz as one part, and uses it in particular way. ... You know, this patent application was published two and a half years ago. There's no need to speculate about what it covers. Am I really the only person here who has taken 15 minutes to read it? Visit http://patft.uspto.gov/, where it's application number 20060174323 Or the WIPO version is here: http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=US2006001342&wo=2006081085&DISPLAY=STATUS Regards, John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf