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Re: Rijndael selected as AES



In message <200010031802.e93I1xl122853@thunk.east.sun.com>, Bill Sommerfeld wri
tes:
>If you read the press release closely, it might be premature to assign
>a DOI number for "AES" (but not premature to assign one for
>"RIJNDAEL")..
>
>http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/aesq&a.htm
>
>    6. Is the AES now an official U.S. Government standard?
> 
>    No. NIST has simply announced the algorithm that will be formally
>    proposed for incorporation in a new Draft Federal Information
>    Processing Standard (FIPS) for public review and comment. Thereafter,
>    the standard--revised, if appropriate - will be proposed to the
>    Secretary of Commerce for adoption as an official Government
>    standard.

I think that that's activity at the paperwork layer.  I don't think it 
affects us.

		--Steve Bellovin