Chinese WAPI protocol?

[Mike Owen]

On 6/14/06, Ben Pfaff <blp at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
> David Wagner <daw at cs.berkeley.edu> writes:
>
> > The specification is secret and confidential.  It uses the SMS4
> > block cipher, which is secret and patented. [*]
>
> "Secret" and "patented" are mutually exclusive.
> --
> Ben Pfaff

For the uspto, yes. For sipo, not necessarily.

Back on topic, for the original fast track proposal, and then the
Chinese followup to the rejection, see the following two links

Proposal
https://committees.standards.org.au/COMMITTEES/I-000/X0001/JTC001-N-7904.pdf

Follow up
http://wapi.org.cn/doc/Analysis%20and%20Rejection%20of%20WAPI%20Ballot%20Comments.pdf



Mike

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