On 4/7/99 1:50 PM, Frederick Bruckman was rumored to have said...

>On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Colin Wood wrote:
>
>> well, i saw the thing that said "it'll be faster if you set it to NO", so
>> that's what i did.  personally, i think the comment is a little poorly
>> worded.  i can only assume that saying YES will include RSA reference
>> code (which is non-exportable).  i'm not quite sure where this code comes
>> from, tho, since this package originates outside the US.  i think you'll
>> be perfectly fine if you just say NO, tho.
>
>The problem is, that RSA holds a US patent. Moreover, that patent is
>not generally recognized outside of the US. Outside of the US, there's
>no concern for their patent, but export restrictions apply.
>
>It's really too bad that RSA's new owners no longer offer RSARef for
>download. That's going to leave things in a very sorry state until the
>patent expires next September.

So by adding in the RSAREF stuff does that provide for bett encryption or 
??? I don't really even understand exactly what RSAREF does/is...sorry 
for sounding ignorant here, but in this case I truly am

Greg