> The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), > which is responsible for the process, has moved from talking of a > successor to talking of 'augmentation'. >
NIST hasn't moved; the 2007 call for submission reads the following: "NIST has decided that it is prudent to develop a new hash algorithm to augment and revise FIPS 180–2." http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/documents/FR_Notice_Nov07.pdf _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography