- From: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:44:05 +0100
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fyi -- Thomas Roessler, W3C <tlr@w3.org> Begin forwarded message: > From: Tim Polk <tim.polk@nist.gov> > Date: 20 November 2008 01:44:14 CEST > To: saag@ietf.org, cfrg@ietf.org > Subject: [saag] NIST requests public comments on revision of FIPS > 186-3 (DSS) > > Folks, > > I though that SAAG and CFRG members might be interested in the > following announcement: > >> As stated in the November 12, 2008 Federal Register Notice, NIST >> requests final comments on draft FIPS 186-3, the proposed revision >> of FIPS 186-2, the Digital Signature Standard. The draft defines >> methods for digital signature generation that can be used for the >> protection of messages, and for the verification and validation of >> those digital signatures using DSA, RSA and ECDSA. Please submit >> comments to ebarker@nist.gov with "Comments on Draft 186-3" in the >> subject line. The comment period closes on December 19, 2008. >> > > Most significantly, this document (if approved) will provide a > standard reference for the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) with > larger key sizes. FIPS 186-2 limited DSA keys to 1024 bits. > > The Federal Register Notice is available at > > http://csrc.nist.gov/fedreg/ > FRN_Nov12-2008_Vol73No219_FIPS186-3.pdf > > and the draft FIPS is available at > > http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/fips_186-3/Draft_FIPS-186-3%20_November2008.pdf > > Any comments would be appreciated. Note the deadline of December 19, > 2008. NIST hopes to resolve all public comments expeditiously, so > this should be considered a hard deadline. > > Thanks, > > Tim Polk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > saag mailing list > saag@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/saag >
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