Security News > 2016 > March > New NIST Encryption Guidelines (Schneier on Security)

NIST has published a draft of their new standard for encryption use: "NIST Special Publication 800-175B, Guideline for Using Cryptographic Standards in the Federal Government: Cryptographic Mechanisms." In it, the Escrowed Encryption Standard from the 1990s, FIPS-185, is no longer certified. And Skipjack, NSA's symmetric algorithm from the same period, will no longer be certified. I see nothing sinister about...

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