From:	 aleph1@securityfocus.com
To:	 secpapers@securityfocus.com
Subject: (forw) Announcement: FIPS PUB 197 - Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is available.
Date:	 Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:11:46 -0700

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From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick.oreilly@nist.gov>
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Subject: Announcement: FIPS PUB 197 - Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is available.
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:33:05 -0500 (EST)
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December 4, 2001 -- FIPS Publication 197, Advanced Encryption Standard 
(AES) (.pdf) became a Federal standard on November 26, 2001 and was 
announced in a Federal Register Notice (.pdf) and in a press release today. 
AES was developed to replace the Data Encryption Standard (DES) in a 
multi-year effort that began in 1997. The AES specifies a cryptographic 
algorithm that can be used to protect electronic data by encrypting 
(enciphering) and decrypting (deciphering) information. Details of the 
development process are available on the AES home page.

URLs for:
* CSRC homepage for FIPS 197 announcement: http://csrc.nist.gov/

* Federal Registry Notice - 
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips197/fips197-frn.pdf (need Adobe 
Acrobat Reader to view file)

* press release - http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/g01-111.htm

* FIPS PUB 197 - 
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips197/fips-197.pdf (need Adobe 
Acrobat Reader to view publication)

* AES home page - http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/
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To see more NIST Computer Security Publications go to: 
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/ for a complete list.


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