Pues parece que la gente del NIST es bastante prevenida y no solo han seleccionado el AES como sustituto de DES sino que tambien han ampliado el tamaņo de las funciones Hash (SHA-2). Pero que nadie se emociene demasido. Estos nuevos algoritmos no tienen un valor practico inmediato ya que SHA-1 es suficientemente seguro. Se trata solo de prepararse para el futuro. Saludos Oscar Conesa Dtor Tecnico de Feste > > FYI, > > NIST has just posted a white paper that specifies hashing algorithms > (SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512) that are intended to provide security > similar to that of the three AES key sizes. Information can be found at > <http://www.nist.gov/sha/>. > > These algorithms "will be proposed in a draft Federal Information > Processing Standard (FIPS) in 2001. These algorithms are being made > available for information purposes prior to the publication of the draft > FIPS. SHA-256 is a 256-bit hash function that is intended to provide 128 > bits of security against collision attacks, and SHA-512 is a 512-bit hash > function that is intended to provide 256 bits of security. A 384-bit hash > may be obtained by truncating the SHA-512 output." > > The web site has the NIST contact points. > > One side note about AES: http://csrc.nist.gov/csor/algorithms.htm contains > the object identifiers and ASN.1 type definitions for AES parameters for > protocols built on ASN.1. The OIDs for the new hash algorithms will follow > next week. > > Thanks, > > Tim Polk > ******************************************************* Moderador de la lista: Oscar Conesa, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web oficial: http://www.comercio-electronico/pki . Para darse de baja: Enviar un mail a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> y en el cuerpo del mensaje: UNSUBSCRIBE PKI *******************************************************