Re: NIST promised "DES will be reviewed again before the end of 98"

Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:47:03 -0400

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This really isn't coderpunk's material. It is political.

I'd suggest sending it to cypherpunks, or to cryptography, or to both.

CodherPlunks should get back to technical discussion of cryptography ASAP.

.pm

Mark Tillotson writes:
> >From one of the early AES press-releases.
>
> | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NIST 97-01
> | Jan. 2, 1997
>
> | "... First approved in 1977, DES will be reviewed again before the end
> | of 1998."
>
> That review document currently being hastily re-written, perhaps??
>
> | "Since DES is used widely and many organizations have considerable
> | investments in an installed base of encryption equipment, NIST notes in the
> | Federal Register that "a multi-year transition period will be necessary
> | to move toward any new encryption standard and that DES will continue to
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | be of sufficient strength for many applications." NIST will host public
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | workshops and consult with industry, standards organizations, government
> | agencies and others to ensure that any transition is smooth."
>
> Smooth? Yeah right! Minimize the window of vulnerability to only a
> few years.
>
>
> __Mark
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