[Cryptography] Curated Cryptology Compendium

[Tony Patti]

Hi Jason,



Thanks for your email, and suggestions.



1. Yes, I should add more Links. I was so focused on adding the downloadable
PDF's that I deprecated the Links.



Since you mention NIST/FIPS, today they published a new Internal Report at
<https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2026/NIST.IR.8446.pdf>
https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2026/NIST.IR.8446.pdf which you might
find interesting:




Bridging the Gap Between Standards on Random Number Generation: NIST
releases final version of Internal Report (IR) 8446 (Comparison of SP 800-90
Series and AIS 20/31)  <https://lnkd.in/eiPDvcFx> https://lnkd.in/eiPDvcFx
today January 29, 2026 with 81-page PDF at  <https://lnkd.in/e6qFjXgn>
https://lnkd.in/e6qFjXgn

Abstract: This report studies the cryptographic random number generation
standards and guidelines written by BSI and NIST, namely AIS 20/31 and the
SP 800‐90 series. The aim of this report is to compare these publications,
focusing on the similarities and differences of their terminology,
assumptions, and requirements. This report also aims to improve the
communications between all involved parties, promote a shared understanding,
and reduce and resolve inconsistencies in related standards

Keywords: cryptographic random number generation; entropy; terminology;
validation.



2. I don’t know about git for the compendium, I received a few other
additions via email earlier today, and I think I’d like to continue to
address that way, at least for now.


Tony



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Hi Tony,



On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 04:45:27PM -0500, Tony Patti wrote:

> I have created a "Curated Cryptology Compendium" at

>  <https://cryptosystemsjournal.com/curated-cryptology-compendium.html>
https://cryptosystemsjournal.com/curated-cryptology-compendium.html



Wow!  That's a huge effort, and the most critical part is the synopsis of
the significance of each item.



> I intend this to be a living project, and I'd appreciate feedback --

> if you have additions or corrections, let's make this the best

> resource possible for the community!



I only have two suggestions:



1) Can you add a link to canonical website for papers that are still prone
to

   revisions?  eg I'm sure the FIPS standards will ocassionally see updates



2) Is there a git repo of the site which we could send patches / pull
requests

   to?  It would make it easier for contributors to do the work for you.



wrt (2), it may be overkill, as I don't anticipate it will take too long to
add a couple of suggestions that might come in.  Also, future updates won't
require too much effort to update either.



However, if you're comfortable with it, publishing a git repo of the site
would make it *very* easy for others to make immutable copies of the archive
without `wget --mirror ...` :-)





Respectfully,





Jason

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