NIST, Computer Security Division, Computer Security Resource Center
Federal Register Notices
November 2, 2007 - Announcing Request for Candidate Algorithm Nominations for a New Cryptographic Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Family
January 23, 2007 - Announcing the Development of New Hash Algorithm(s) for the Revision of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180–2, Secure Hash Standard
Correction for the Federal Register Notice:
A.3 of the Proposed Draft Minimum Acceptability Requirements for Candidate Algorithms (Section A) should have stated:
"A.3 The algorithm must support 224, 256, 384, and 512-bit message digests, and must support a maximum message length of at least 264 bits."