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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mouha, Nicky W. (IntlAssoc)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicky.mouha@nist.gov">nicky.mouha@nist.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 2, 2017 at 10:06 AM<br>Subject: [Lwc-forum] Draft Whitepaper: Profiles for the Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process<br>To: LWC-forum <<a href="mailto:LWC-forum@nist.gov">LWC-forum@nist.gov</a>><br><br><br><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_2417535390931778787WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear subscribers of the NIST Lightweight Crypto forum,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">NIST announces the Draft Whitepaper "Profiles for the Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process." This document describes the first two profiles for NIST's lightweight cryptography project. Profile I provides authenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD) and hashing functionalities for both hardware-oriented and software-oriented constrained environments. Profile II provides AEAD only in hardware-oriented constrained environments. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The final versions of these profiles will be the foundation of submission requirements for the first algorithms in NIST's lightweight cryptography portfolio.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The scope of NIST's Lightweight Cryptography project is defined in NISTIR 8114: <a href="https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8114" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.<wbr>IR.8114</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Draft Whitepaper, along with instructions on how to send comments, can be found here: <a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/whitepapers/2017/profiles-lwc-std-proc-draft.pdf" target="_blank">http://csrc.nist.gov/<wbr>publications/drafts/<wbr>whitepapers/2017/profiles-lwc-<wbr>std-proc-draft.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Comments are due by: <b>June 16, 2017</b><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Additional information on the Lightweight Cryptography standardization process can be found here: <a href="https://beta.csrc.nist.gov/projects/lightweight-cryptography" target="_blank">https://beta.csrc.nist.gov/<wbr>projects/lightweight-<wbr>cryptography</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nicky<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the Lightweight Crypto Team<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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