From: ghio@netcom.com (Matthew Ghio)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 21:58:45 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FIPS for AES
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John Young <jya@pipeline.com> wrote:

> Federal Register: January 2, 1997, Pages 93-94.
>
> Announcing Development of a FIPS for Advanced Encryption Standard
...
> Summary: A process to develop a FIPS for Advanced Encryption Standard
> (AES) incorporating an Advanced Encryption Algorithm (AEA) is being
> initiated by the NIST. It is intended that the AES will specify an
> unclassified, publicly disclosed encryption algorithm capable of
> protecting sensitive government information well into the next century.


Well, well, well...  Looks like we have some dissent in the ranks of the
GAK alliance. :)