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Updates 2018

Announcing Request for Comments on Lightweight Cryptography Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
May 14, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on a proposed process to solicit, evaluate, and standardize one or more lightweight cryptographic algorithms. Current NIST cryptographic standards were designed to perform well on general-purpose computing platforms, and may not be suitable for some constrained computing environments. The draft requirements and evaluation criteria are available on the NIST Computer Security Resource Center website

Federal Register Notice

Document Number: 2018-10127

Parent Project

See: Lightweight Cryptography
Created May 14, 2018, Updated June 22, 2020