[Cryptography] Simon, Speck and ISO

[ianG]

On 21/10/2014 23:16 pm, dj at deadhat.com wrote:
> Today the NSA proposed that Simon and Speck be added the the ISO JTC1/SC27
> approved ciphers spec.


What pray tell is the ISO JTC1/SC27 and who cares?  Or to put it
cynically, who is the NSA trying to ease into this time?

(Seriously, we can only comment on the threat of Simon & Speck if we
know what the business model the security model needs to defend.)

iang