Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mit.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Simon Lewis Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: How much is my encryption algorithm worth? Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:04:46 +0100 Organization: Lewis Lines: 50 Message-ID: <877g7lp6wx.fsf@gmail.com> References: <532e519f$0$302$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mit.eternal-september.org; posting-host="55bd8d1e7cc749e9cc1fe6d113e32b8f"; logging-data="30390"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1++jgcSYXLTJaRW76Wqpr23A/EqOiCmbls=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:43MBxrnjm4a2wRg/46X9BjLlGmg= sha1:u3kgQ2b2MM2Ja04VqqySRnD+ON0= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:27822 Daniel Mullarkey writes: > On Saturday, March 22, 2014 11:14:34 PM UTC-4, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> On 3/22/2014 10:53 PM, Daniel Mullarkey wrote: >> >> > I developed a lossless, key-based, encryption algorithm that can work >> >> > in any modern programming language and it has a 1-to-1 relationship >> >> > between the unencrypted values and the encrypted values as long as >> >> > the key remains the same and the minimum values and maximum values >> >> > are known. The key can also be of virtually limitless size. How much >> >> > is this encryption algorithm potentially worth if I patent it? >> >> >> >> Based on just this description: nothing. >> >> >> >> Algorithms matching this description has been known for a few >> >> hundred years. >> >> >> >> Maybe it has some true uniqueness. But we don't know. >> >> >> >> Besides I am skeptical about getting any encryption algorithm >> >> that is patented with intention to make money to become a standard >> >> today. >> >> >> >> Arne > > Well, the algorithm uses carefully calculated mathematics to give the appearance > of gibberish until it is decoded with the proper key or combination of Nice trolling! Can't believe you managed some serious responses! > keys. Other than that, I cannot reveal anything, lest I lose any intellectual > property right opportunities that I have to the algorithm.