From: bshantz@spry.com (Brad Shantz)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 16:26:55 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NIST to propose cryptographic APIs
Message-ID: <9406092326.AA28619@homer.spry.com>
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In regards to the NIST API's

>  RSA President James Bidzos criticized the cryptography API plan as
>another swipe at his firm, which has been battling the government on
>patent rights issues for years. "They're not trying to work with
>industry on this," he said.

As usual, Bidzos has a stick up his butt.  There is nothing in the NIST plan
that is a slam at RSA. (as such...Bidzo's seems to think that everyone hates
RSA.  Everyone's out to get them.)

>  NIST plans to unveil the APIs in about a month.
>With the APIs, the user's application could make use
>of any cryptographic algorithm, regardless or whether it's Digital
>Encryption Standard, Skipjack or RSA, Smid said.

I'd be more interested in what kind of an API they have for SkipJack.
Are they real API's or are we talking BlackBox programming?


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