RE: Possible patent issue with UTCTime hack

["Kurn, David" <david.kurn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Somehow, this reminds me of Sesamee street's advertisement...
  This program is brought to you by the number 7

Are you sure this isn't a hoax, or someone's get-rich scheme?

Patents on ideas everyone has had for hundreds of years seems rediculous.  I
remember as a child hearing my grandparents talk about the Blizzard of 99,
and they never had to say "1899".  Or, is "Spirit of 76".  That was
windowing.

David Kurn
Compaq Computer Corp.





-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Branchaud [mailto:marcnarc@xcert.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 5:47 PM
To: ietf-pkix@imc.org
Subject: Possible patent issue with UTCTime hack



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