[Cryptography] NIST announced Round 1 candidates for lightweight crypto competition

[Greg]

NIST also lied to America about the reasons why WTC7 fell [1], inventing an elaborate piece of fraud.

NIST had a meth lab explode on premises [2].

Why would anyone in their right mind trust NIST with their security?

[1] https://twitter.com/AE911Truth/status/906640874737561600
[2] https://cen.acs.org/articles/93/web/2015/07/Suspected-Meth-Lab-Explodes-National.html


> On May 6, 2019, at 11:42 AM, Salz, Rich via cryptography <cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
> 
>>   NIST is our enemy.
> 
> That's dangerously outdated and/or naïve.  Yes, NIST got played by the NSA for dual-EC; by law, NSA was the crypto advisor to NIST so they had to take their recommendations quite seriously.
> 
> Sunlight is the best disinfectant. NIST runs global crypto contests these days, and we get the benefit of way more expertise than just the two people you like.
> 
> 
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