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OpenSSL Gets Cryptography Gift From Sun

Posted by timothy on from the curvaceousness dept.

Kataire writes "C|Net posted this story about how Sun Microsystems' has donated 'elliptic curve' encryption technology, (developed by Whitfield Diffie of Diffie-Hellman public key fame) to the OpenSSL project. This potentially means better encryption for lighter-weight systems such as PDAs."

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  1. It's not really that surprising by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sun is basically "arming the rebels" so they can better fight Microsoft. Even though they may have other motives, it's nice of them anyway.