[Cfrg] Fwd: DIAC: Directions in Authenticated Ciphers

[Paul Hoffman <[e-mail]>]

Of interest to this list:

> From: "D. J. Bernstein" <[e-mail]>
> Subject: [cryptography] DIAC: Directions in Authenticated Ciphers
> Date: May 2, 2012 6:00:52 PM PDT
> To: [e-mail]
> 
> The DIAC submission page is now open, with a deadline at the end of
> Monday 7 May (American Samoa time):
> 
>   http://hyperelliptic.org/conferences/diac/iChair/submit.php
> 
> DIAC is an ECRYPT-sponsored workshop that will take place 5--6 July in
> Stockholm, in particular evaluating the idea of a new competition for
> authenticated ciphers. The call for papers asks for submissions on new
> components, combinations, attacks, and implementations, but also asks
> for submissions discussing requirements---what users actually want.
> Submissions of panel proposals, white papers, lists of desiderata, etc.
> are encouraged, and there are no particular length requirements.
> 
> I should emphasize that an authenticated-cipher competition would be
> much more than an "AE mode" competition. There are certainly people
> working on new ways to use AES, but there are many more people working
> on new authenticators, new block ciphers, new stream ciphers, new
> ciphers with built-in authentication mechanisms, etc.
> 
> . . . (The rest of the message applies to an earlier thread on the cryptography mailing list) . . .
> 
> ---D. J. Bernstein
>   Research Professor, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago