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List:       ms-cryptoapi
Subject:    Re: Does CryptoAPI Support MARS
From:       Paul Krumviede <paul () MCI ! NET>
Date:       2000-08-24 3:37:45
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--On Wednesday, 23 August, 2000 16:24 -0500 Suhail Ansari
<sansari@MEDNA.COM> wrote:

> There are new algorithm that are were submitted to the NIST for use as
> Advanced Encryption Standard. Actually there are five of the i dont know
> which one was finally selected. Does anyone know that Microsoft support
> any of these algorithms.

the NIST AES site (http://www.nist.gov/aes) makes no mention of
having chosen a finalist, although "NIST anticipates that it will
announce the AES selection by late summer or early fall of 2000.
No firm date has been set for this announcement, which will be
made using a Federal Register notice, press release, and information
on this AES home page, at a minimum."

the standard may be ready by the summer of 2001.

candidates are MARS, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent and
Twofish. see the web page for lots of gory details.

-paul

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