CDR: Re: AES winner to be announced Monday.

At 07:48 PM 9/29/00 -0400, Tim May wrote:

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So NIST will be silent for three more days. How about the finalist submitters? Did *they* tell anything? I'll bet NIST has contacted (or will contact) them regarding the forthcoming announcement.

"I'll bet the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has contacted (or will contact) the winners of Oscars..."

There are stock market implications for who gets (and who does not get) the winning AES pick. So it is unlikely that the winners will be announced prior to the public announcement.

So, what odds do the Vegas bookies give for the different algorithms? "The electron, in my judgment, is the ultimate precision-guided munition." -John Deutsch, CIA Director