Re: [Cfrg] FW: Competition for Authenticated Encryption: Security, Applicability, Robustness

Yes, it is indeed Nist. Details are sparse at this point.

On Jan 15, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Yoav Nir <ynir@checkpoint.com> wrote:

> Interesting.
> 
> I didn't see in the link, who's organizing the competition, who's evaluating the submissions, and who announces the winner.
> 
> It's not NIST or some equivalent government body, right?
> 
> Yoav
> 
> On Jan 15, 2013, at 5:36 PM, "David McGrew (mcgrew)" <mcgrew@cisco.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Following up on the DIACs workshop, a new competition for Authenticated
>> Encryption algorithms.
>> 
>> There are some nice benefits to this competition: it is inclusive (of both
>> new algorithm designs and new mode designs) and it focuses attention on
>> the important real-world issue of AE.   I am hoping to see developments
>> that both perform well and improve robustness (e.g. against misuse).
>> 
>> I also hope to see a healthy discussion about requirements; people with
>> use cases should provide them as input.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> On 1/15/13 9:52 AM, "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> http://competitions.cr.yp.to/ today announces a new competition for
>>> authenticated ciphers. Submissions will be due one year from now. NIST
>>> has generously provided relevant funding. If you're interested in the
>>> competition, please send email to
>>> 
>>> crypto-competitions+subscribe@googlegroups.com
>>> 
>>> to join the discussion list.
>>> 
>>> ---D. J. Bernstein
>>> Research Professor, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
>>> Hoogleraar, Wiskunde en Informatica, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
>>> 
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