Fwd: AES, etc.

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*>Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 15:47:47 -0600
*>From: Elaine Barker <[email protected]>
*>To: [email protected]
*>
*>AES: NIST is pleased to announce that the AES was signed on November 26, 
*>2001. The standard and further information are available at 
*>http://csrc.nist.gov and http://www.nist.gov/aes. The notice will appear in 
*>the Federal Register later this week.
*>
*>Modes of Operation: The initial Recommended Modes of Operation document 
*>will be available in a few days. The initial modes consist of the ECB, CBC 
*>CFB, OFB and CTR encryption modes. Other modes will be added at a later time.
*>
*>Key Management: The presentations and a list of issues that were addressed 
*>at the Key Management Workshop are available at 
*>http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/kms/workshop2-page.html. The AES Key 
*>Wrapping algorithm is available at http://www.nist.gov/kms.
*>
*>
*>
*>Elaine Barker
*>National Institute of Standards and Technology
*>100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8930
*>Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930
*>Phone: 301-975-2911
*>Fax: 301-948-1233
*>Email: [email protected]
*>

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