# Re: Java Client/SSL.jar interop problems with SSLEAY.

David Brownell (db@Eng)
Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:19:39 -0700

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Arjun Khanna wrote:
>
> > (With TLS support,
> >this was a critical issue since TLS made
> >DHE_DSS mandatory.)
>
> Um... I wonder why TLS would push DHE_DSS to be mandatory. I welcome some
> education on that.

For interoperability, all implementations must support some
common set of algorithms. That set was chosen since it's
not constrained by patents anywhere in the world. The RSA
set of algorithms is protected by hungry lawyers.

- Dave

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