CDR: Re: Rijndael & NTRU

[Paulo S. L. M. Barreto]

On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, Vin McLellan wrote:
>          Apparently the fact that Rujndael was the/a leading AES candidate 
> was apparent to some prescient souls (not me <sigh>) at least since AES3 in 
> N.Y. last April. As Bram Cohen <bram at gawth.com> put it:
> 
> .> The selection of Rijndael was actually quite predictable - the round 2
> ..> report made it pretty clear that the only real contenders were Rijndael
> c.> and Twofish, and hey, that last coin toss is free with 20/20 hindsight :)

Actually I had the clear impression that there were three real contenders:
Rijndael, Serpent, and Twofish, in this order.

Paulo.