IP Library Granted Patent US 5,081,678
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US 5,081,678 · App. 07/372,651

Method for utilizing an encrypted key as a key identifier in a data packet in a computer network

Inventors: Charles W. Kaufman, B. J. Herbison
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Granted: Jan 14, 1992 Filed: Jun 28, 1989
Inventors
Charles W. Kaufman
B. J. Herbison
Assignee (at issue)
Digital Equipment Corporation

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Patent No.
US 5,081,678
App. No.
07/372,651
Filed
1989-06-28
Granted
1992-01-14
Kind
A