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Requesting Candidate Algorithm Nominations for AES
September 12, 1997
Federal Register Number: 97-24214

NIST requests nominations of candidate algorithms for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Plans to Develop FIPS for Public-Key Based Crypto Key Agreement
May 13, 1997
Federal Register Number: 97-12340

NIST is planning to develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for Public-Key Based Cryptographic Key Agreement and Exchange. This notice solicits comments regarding techniques for consideration specifically including RSA, Diffie-Hellman, and Elliptic Curve techniques.

Announcing Development of FIPS for Advanced Encryption Standard
January 2, 1997
Federal Register Number: 96-32494

NIST initiates development of a FIPS for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). This announces draft minimum algorithm requirements, draft submission requirements, and draft evaluation criteria. An initial workshop is announced.

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