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So just after ISO rejected Simon and Speck, NIST is announcing new crypto competition just for algorithms like Simon and Speck, how convenient for the NSA, lets
by john8899 8y ago
So just after ISO rejected Simon and Speck, NIST is announcing new crypto competition just for algorithms like Simon and Speck, how convenient for the NSA, lets see how it goes, maybe this time they will be able to shove it just like DUAL_EC:
"NIST Issues First Call for ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ to Protect Small Electronics"
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2018/04/nist-issues-first-call-lightweight-cryptography-protect-small-electronics https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2018/04/nist-issues-fi...
- tptacek 8y agoSince it's unlikely that Simon and Speck will win this competition, given that there are other credible lightweight designs which will probably be better-analyzed since they're open, it's hard for me to see this as anything but a good thing.