AES, etc.

[Elaine Barker]

AES: NIST is pleased to announce that the AES was signed on November 26, 
2001. The standard and further information are available at 
http://csrc.nist.gov and http://www.nist.gov/aes. The notice will appear in 
the Federal Register later this week.

Modes of Operation: The initial Recommended Modes of Operation document 
will be available in a few days. The initial modes consist of the ECB, CBC 
CFB, OFB and CTR encryption modes. Other modes will be added at a later time.

Key Management: The presentations and a list of issues that were addressed 
at the Key Management Workshop are available at 
http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/kms/workshop2-page.html. The AES Key 
Wrapping algorithm is available at http://www.nist.gov/kms.



Elaine Barker
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8930
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930
Phone: 301-975-2911
Fax: 301-948-1233
Email: ebarker at nist.gov


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