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Possible patent issue with UTCTime hack

To: ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx
Subject: Possible patent issue with UTCTime hack
From: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 17:47:05 -0800
Organization: Xcert International Inc.
Sender: marcnarc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

It seems that McDonnell Douglas has patented the date "windowing" that is
used to get around Y2K problems:

	http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1009-200-1426450.html

Since PKIX requires windowing UTCTime in certs, this may violate the patent
(note: I don't know anything about anything, especially patents).

		Marc

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