Media Advisory

Media Advisory COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO ANNOUNCE CHOICE FOR PROPOSED CRYPTOGRAPHY STANDARD Reporters are invited to a press briefing—in person, by phone or via a live webcast—at which the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, will announce its proposed choice to become the Advanced Encryption Standard, a new code designed to scramble information in the 21st century. This announcement marks the completion of a three-year, open competition conducted by NIST to select the final AES candidate. The competition started with 15 encoding formulas (algorithms) developed by leading cryptographers from 12 different countries. The 15 were reduced to five last year. DATE: Monday, Oct. 2, 2000 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time PLACE: Lecture Room D, Administration Bldg. (Bldg. 101), NIST, Gaithersburg, Md. (I-270 North to Exit 10, enter NIST at first traffic light and follow signs) PARTICIPANTS: Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers NIST Director Ray Kammer Acting Chief of NIST's Computer Security Division Ed Roback PHONE LINK: Reporters only who want to attend the press conference via a toll-free, two-way telephone link may call (888) 455-9747, and then give the operator the name "Michael Newman" and the access code 20944 to connect. These calls may be made after 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the day of the press conference. Reporters will be able to hear the conference and ask questions of the participants. WEBCAST: Anyone who wishes to view a real-time webcast of the press conference may do so by accessing http://real.nist.gov on the World Wide Web and then clicking on "live broadcast." There also will be a link within the webcast for reporters who wish to e-mail questions for the participants. WEB SITE FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION: www.nist.gov/aes
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Media Advisory

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO ANNOUNCE CHOICE
FOR PROPOSED CRYPTOGRAPHY STANDARD

Reporters are invited to a press briefing—in person, by phone or via a live webcast—at which the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, will announce its proposed choice to become the Advanced Encryption Standard, a new code designed to scramble information in the 21st century.

This announcement marks the completion of a three-year, open competition conducted by NIST to select the final AES candidate. The competition started with 15 encoding formulas (algorithms) developed by leading cryptographers from 12 different countries. The 15 were reduced to five last year.

DATE: Monday, Oct. 2, 2000 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time

PLACE: Lecture Room D, Administration Bldg. (Bldg. 101), NIST, Gaithersburg, Md.
(I-270 North to Exit 10, enter NIST at first traffic light and follow signs)

PARTICIPANTS:

Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology Dr. Cheryl L. Shavers
NIST Director Ray Kammer
Acting Chief of NIST's Computer Security Division Ed Roback

PHONE LINK:

Reporters only who want to attend the press conference via a toll-free, two-way telephone link may call (888) 455-9747, and then give the operator the name "Michael Newman" and the access code 20944 to connect. These calls may be made after 10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on the day of the press conference. Reporters will be able to hear the conference and ask questions of the participants.

WEBCAST:

Anyone who wishes to view a real-time webcast of the press conference may do so by accessing http://real.nist.gov on the World Wide Web and then clicking on "live broadcast." There also will be a link within the webcast for reporters who wish to e-mail questions for the participants.

WEB SITE FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

www.nist.gov/aes

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 28, 2000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sept. 28, 2000