Round 3

NIST has selected five SHA-3 finalists - BLAKE, Grøstl, JH, Keccak, and Skein to advance to the third (and final) round of the SHA-3competition. The email announcement was sent to the hash-forum listserv on December 9, 2010. [PDF]

A one-year public comment period is planned for these candidates. NIST also plans to host a final SHA-3 Candidate Conference in the spring of 2012 to discuss the public feedback on these candidates, and select the SHA-3 winner later in 2012.