The comment period for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposed changes to the Digital Signature Standard (FIPS 186-3) is open until May 25, 2012. Submit comments via fips_186-3_change_notice at nist dot gov, with ''186-3 Change Notice'' in the subject line. The proposed changes include:
NIST indicates that "the standard provides a means of guaranteeing authenticity in the digital world by means of operations based on complex math that are all but impossible to forge" but that "updates to the standard are still necessary as technology changes." Comment and feedback on your digital signature implementations are welcome via our comments form.
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Russ McRee 204 Posts ISC Handler Apr 23rd 2012 |
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Apr 23rd 2012 1 decade ago |
I wonder if NIST has really thought about its statement. I occured to me that a botnet with millions of processors might make quick work of the job of cracking most common encyrption schemes. Botnets with millions of processors could well exceed the processing power of a supercomputer with its few hundred thousand processors.
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