- From: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:44:21 +0100
- To: XMLSec WG Public List <public-xmlsec@w3.org>
ups -- Thomas Roessler, W3C <tlr@w3.org> Begin forwarded message: > From: Tim Polk <tim.polk@nist.gov> > Date: 20 November 2008 01:55:52 CEST > To: saag@ietf.org, cfrg@ietf.org > Subject: [saag] Correction Re: NIST requests public comments on > revision of FIPS 186-3 (DSS) > > Folks, > > I just realized the website I was quoting from was *wrong*. The > deadline for comments specified in the Federal Register Notice is > December 12, 2008 rather than the 19th. That is the normative > reference, and it is still a hard deadline. > > I have emailed the NIST webmaster to get things fixed ASAP. My > apologies for any confusion. > > My apologies. > > Thanks, > > Tim Polk > > On Nov 19, 2008, at 6:44 PM, Tim Polk wrote: > >> 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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