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Subject: Re: Rijndael selected as AES
From: Steven M. Bellovin (smbresearch.att.com)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 13:16:22 CDT

In message <200010031802.e93I1xl122853thunk.east.sun.com>, Bill Sommerfeld wri
tes:
>If you read the press release closely, it might be premature to assign
>a DOI number for "AES" (but not premature to assign one for
>"RIJNDAEL")..
>
>http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/aesq&a.htm
>
> 6. Is the AES now an official U.S. Government standard?
>
> No. NIST has simply announced the algorithm that will be formally
> proposed for incorporation in a new Draft Federal Information
> Processing Standard (FIPS) for public review and comment. Thereafter,
> the standard--revised, if appropriate - will be proposed to the
> Secretary of Commerce for adoption as an official Government
> standard.

I think that that's activity at the paperwork layer. I don't think it
affects us.

                --Steve Bellovin