IETF IPR disclosure 858: "The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency's general license statement" (US 6,829,355, the SHA-2 patent, made available royalty-free). Text extract of the disclosure; page navigation removed

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IETF IPR disclosure 858: "The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency's general license statement" (US 6,829,355, the SHA-2 patent, made available royalty-free). Text extract of the disclosure; page navigation removed
Issuer or author: National Security Agency (via IETF Datatracker)
Date: submitted 2007-06-20
Original: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/858/

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