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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:29:28 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Elaine Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Three NIST Special Pubs for Review There are three NIST Special Publications available for public review and comment: SP 800-38B: As part of NIST's ongoing effort to update and develop modes of operation for use with the AES algorithm, NIST intends to recommend either the Galois Counter Mode (GCM) or the Carter-Wegman + Counter (CWC) mode. GCM and CWC are modes for authenticated encryption with associated data, combining Counter mode confidentiality with authentication that is based on a universal hash algorithm. Both GCM and CWC are parallelizable. The submission documents specifying GCM and CWC are available through the modes home page, <http://nist.gov/modes>http://nist.gov/modes. NIST invites comments on these two modes, including comments on intellectual property matters, by June 1, 2005, at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] SP 800-57, Parts 1 and 2: Drafts of NIST Special Publication 800-57 Recommendation for Key Management, Parts 1 and 2 are available for public comment at <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts.html>http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts.html. This Recommendation provides cryptographic key management guidance. Part 1 provides guidance and best practices for the management of cryptographic keying material. Comments will be accepted on Part 1 until June 3, 2005. Please send comments to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED], with "Comments on SP 800-57, Part 1" in the subject line. Part 2 provides guidance on policy and security planning requirements for U.S. government agencies. Reviewers of Part 2 should note that a number of the security planning documents referenced in this part of SP 800-57 are undergoing review and revision. It is anticipated that Part 2 will be updated to reflect these revisions. Comments will be accepted on Part 2 until May 18, 2005. Please send comments to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED], with "Comments on SP 800-57, Part 2" in the subject line. Elaine Barker 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 Phone: 301-975-2911 --Prof. Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]