Re: [TLS] Proto write-up for TLS exporter

[Eric Rescorla <ekr at networkresonance.com>]

At Mon, 18 May 2009 02:14:27 -0400 (EDT),
Dean Anderson wrote:
> Very few patent holders /don't/ want to foster broad adoption of their
> technology.  Its the right of patent holders to prevent all use, but
> broad adoption is frequently the goal of the patent holder, along with
> the accompanying license fees, of course.  I do not dispute your goal of
> broad adoption. I dispute that your license is really free, and I
> dispute that we need to adopt ECC technology into TLS on a non-free
> basis.

Nor is there any suggestion that we do so.

TLS Exporters are a generic technology that applies to any TLS 
cipher suite. There's no ECC in it at all. 

-Ekr