Re: [saag] NIST Selects Ascon for Lightweight Crypto Algorithm

Also from the NISG lwc-forum:

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Subject: 	Re: [lwc-forum] NIST Selects Ascon
Date: 	Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:09:01 +0100
From: 	Arne Padmos <hi@arnepadmos.com>
To: 	lwc-forum@list.nist.gov
CC: 	Sonmez Turan, Meltem (Fed) <meltem.turan@nist.gov>

Congratulations to the Ascon team as well as to NIST on completing their 
tough deliberations. Looking forward to reading NISTIR 8454.

For those who haven't seen it yet, NIST also posted a news article with 
some more details:

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/02/nist-selects-lightweight-cryptography-algorithms-protect-small-devices

The news article contains the following gem: 'the newly selected 
algorithms should be appropriate for most forms of tiny tech'.

It's great to see that NIST will be hosting another public workshop for 
gathering further community input. I hope that the workshop will draw in 
domain experts from the various fields where 'tiny tech' is actually used.

On 2/9/23 07:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> From the NIST lwc-forum list:
>
>
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> Subject:     [lwc-forum] NIST Selects Ascon
> Date:     Tue, 7 Feb 2023 14:51:11 +0000
> From:     'Sonmez Turan, Meltem (Fed)' via lwc-forum 
> <lwc-forum@list.nist.gov>
> Reply-To:     Sonmez Turan, Meltem (Fed) <meltem.turan@nist.gov>
> To: lwc-forum@list.nist.gov <lwc-forum@list.nist.gov>
>
>
> Dear forum members,
>
> The NIST Lightweight Cryptography Team has reviewed the finalists 
> based on their submission packages, status updates, third-party 
> security analysis papers, and implementation and benchmarking results, 
> as well as the feedback received during workshops and through the 
> lwc-forum. The selection was challenging since most of the finalists 
> exhibited performance advantages over NIST standards on various target 
> platforms without introducing security concerns.
>
> The team has decided to standardize the Ascon family for lightweight 
> cryptography applications as it meets the needs of most use cases 
> where lightweight cryptography is required.
>
> Congratulations to the Ascon team! NIST thanks all of the finalist 
> teams and the community members who provided feedback that contributed 
> to the selection.
>
> NIST’s next steps will be to:
>
>     Publish NIST IR 8454, which describes the details of the selection 
> and the evaluation process
>     Work with the Ascon designers to draft the new lightweight 
> cryptography standard for public comments
>     Host a virtual public workshop to further explain the selection 
> process and to discuss various aspects of standardization (e.g., 
> additional variants, functionalities, and parameter selections) as 
> well as possible extensions to the scope of the lightweight 
> cryptography project. The tentative dates for the workshop are June 
> 21-22, 2023. More information will be provided in the upcoming weeks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> NIST Lightweight Cryptography Team
>
>
>
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