Daniel Mullarkey <
corresp...@danielmullarkey.me> 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:
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>> > I developed a lossless, key-based, encryption algorithm that can work
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>> > in any modern programming language and it has a 1-to-1 relationship
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>> > between the unencrypted values and the encrypted values as long as
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>> > the key remains the same and the minimum values and maximum values
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>> > are known. The key can also be of virtually limitless size. How much
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>> > is this encryption algorithm potentially worth if I patent it?
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>> Based on just this description: nothing.
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>> Algorithms matching this description has been known for a few
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>> hundred years.
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>> Maybe it has some true uniqueness. But we don't know.
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>> Besides I am skeptical about getting any encryption algorithm
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>> that is patented with intention to make money to become a standard
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>> today.
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>> Arne
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> Well, the algorithm uses carefully calculated mathematics to give the appearance
> of gibberish until it is decoded with the proper key or combination of