Forwarded: Request for Comments on primality testing

[Steven M. Bellovin]

From: Elaine Barker <elaine.barker at nist.gov>
To: ebarker at nist.gov
Subject: Request for Comments on primality testing
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:18:59 -0500
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NIST received many comments when Draft FIPS 186-3 was posted for public
comment during the spring of 2006 (see Note above). Several comments
concerned the number of tests required for primality testing. In
response, NIST surveyed the latest literature available on this topic
and is providing alternatives for your consideration (see
http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/tkdigsigs.html). Please provide
comments to ebarker at nist.gov by February 23rd, 2007, inserting
_Comments on FIPS 186-3 Primality Testing_ in the subject line. NIST is
particularly interested in comments relating to the security of the new
proposal versus the values currently used in Draft FIPS 186-3.

Elaine Barker
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930
301-975-2911

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