Phoenix Patent Letter

[Black_David@emc.com]

As promised.  --David

To: Internet Engineering Task Force
Date: March 18, 2002

This is to advise the IETF that Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
("Phoenix") has U.S. Patent Number 6,226,383 that may
relate to the IETF document RFC 2945 titled "The SRP
Authentication and Key Exchange System".

To the extent that this patent assigned to Phoenix is
necessary for implementation of RFC 2945 or any related
IETF standard, Phoenix will provide, upon written request,
to implementers of the relevant standard, a non-exclusive
license under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

Phoenix has licensed this technology to companies, and
accepts inquiries regarding licensing or evaluating the
SPEKE technology. For these inquiries, please contact our
security products department at:

Katherine_Stolz@phoenix.com
Vice President, Security Products
Phoenix Technologies

Any questions or issues regarding this communication should
be directed to the Phoenix Technologies Legal Department. 

Scott_Taylor@phoenix.com
Associate General Counsel
Phoenix Technologies Ltd
411 E. Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134