Re: iSCSI: SRP status

[David Jablon <dpj@theworld.com>]

At 04:10 PM 3/27/02 -0500, "David Wong <rsaecc@yahoo.com>" wrote:
>May I know which SRP infringe which cliam of 
>SPEKE patent: US Patent 6,226,383?
>I feel that SRP does not infringe anything of SPEKE
>though it may infringe EKE patent
>(I am sure SPEKE infringe EKE patent: 
>US Patent 5,241,559 and US Patent 5,440,635. )

Technical material to support a contradictory viewpoint to the
above is in www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-jablon-speke-00.txt.
The draft is careful to not state feelings or legal conclusions,
but SPEKE has been openly licensed and deployed for years
without using the Lucent patents.

I'm probably the last person to be lecturing about IETF etiquette
in this regard, but I think it is improper to present unsupported feelings
and beliefs about patent issues in any standards group discussion.
Facts are helpful.  Rumors and unsupported opinion are not.

The specific question from <rsaecc@yahoo.com> has been forwarded
to the appropriate legal people within Phoenix.  However, responding
to anonymous email is probably not a high priority for them.

-- David