Olaf Seibert <rhialto@polder.ubc.kun.nl> writes:

> On 27 Mar 1999, Michael Graff wrote:
> 
> > bind 8.2 has rsa code.  I believe permission was granted to use it for
> > DNSSEC, which is what bind 8.2 uses it for.  I'll have to check on that.
> 
> Oh dear. It still escapes me why people within the USA still insist on
> implementing stuff they can't export to the world, or which is covered
> by silly patents.
> 
> In any case, a reimplementation should be simple, since the civilised
> world does not recognise the RSA patent, and in the USA it expires soon
> anyway.

BIND 8.2 is open to the world.  Anyone can fetch it.

The RSA code is tightly coupled (license terms as well as code wise)
to the DNSSEC realm, and is used for authentication only.

--Michael