X-Received: by 10.42.230.79 with SMTP id jl15mr19973238icb.7.1395547193029; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:59:53 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 10.140.104.20 with SMTP id z20mr1170659qge.6.1395547192903; Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:59:52 -0700 (PDT)
Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!l13no10262701iga.0!news-out.google.com!du2ni12231qab.0!nntp.google.com!hw13no7728547qab.1!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 20:59:52 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <532e519f$0$302$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=68.44.2.36; posting-account=zdXJAAoAAAB90oLQ3MH36NDFZQrlevBr
NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.44.2.36
References: <ef4e8487-129c-481c-b3a3-6cb56163ae55@googlegroups.com> <532e519f$0$302$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>
User-Agent: G2/1.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <7dc0ce26-7f2a-44d8-a026-2a71dfd5f57c@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: How much is my encryption algorithm worth?
From: Daniel Mullarkey <correspondence@danielmullarkey.me>
Injection-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 03:59:52 +0000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:27818

Well, I enjoy computer programming, but I also enjoy making tons of money t=
oo! :8)

On Saturday, March 22, 2014 11:14:34 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajh=F8j wrote:
> On 3/22/2014 10:53 PM, Daniel Mullarkey wrote:
>=20
> > I developed a lossless, key-based, encryption algorithm that can work
>=20
> > in any modern programming language and it has a 1-to-1 relationship
>=20
> > between the unencrypted values and the encrypted values as long as
>=20
> > the key remains the same and the minimum values and maximum values
>=20
> > are known. The key can also be of virtually limitless size. How much
>=20
> > is this encryption algorithm potentially worth if I patent it?
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Based on just this description: nothing.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Algorithms matching this description has been known for a few
>=20
> hundred years.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Maybe it has some true uniqueness. But we don't know.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Besides I am skeptical about getting any encryption algorithm
>=20
> that is patented with intention to make money to become a standard
>=20
> today.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Arne