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Article #516Re: NIST stumbles on proposal for public-key encryption
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:38
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:38
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In article <1992Jul27.130448.41907@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > The industry newspaper/magazine "Network World" has an excellent > article about the NIST's Digital Signature Standard (DSS) and the > controversy surrounding it, as opposed to international acceptance of > RSA for both signatures and encryption. One of NIST's stated goals for the standard was freedom from royalties, for both government and industry. Obviously ``acceptance of RSA'' is out of the question, given this requirement. Let me guess: Network World quotes Bidzos as claiming that RSA is used by a majority of companies around the world... ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!virtualnews.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: NIST stumbles on proposal for public-key encryption Message-ID: <25590.Jul2801.38.4492@virtualnews.nyu.edu> Date: 28 Jul 92 01:38:44 GMT References: <1992Jul27.130448.41907@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Organization: IR Lines: 13