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17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
John Young <jya@pipeline.com> wrote:
Federal Register: January 2, 1997, Pages 93-94.
Announcing Development of a FIPS for Advanced Encryption Standard ... Summary: A process to develop a FIPS for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) incorporating an Advanced Encryption Algorithm (AEA) is being initiated by the NIST. It is intended that the AES will specify an unclassified, publicly disclosed encryption algorithm capable of protecting sensitive government information well into the next century.
Well, well, well... Looks like we have some dissent in the ranks of the GAK alliance. :)