"The process that has now culminated in the announcement of the AES finalist should be held up as the model of industry, academic and government cooperation. In all of my experience in the generation of standards, there has never been a more equitable, judicious and timely process. As a result of this process, we in industry can begin to incorporate the AES algorithm into our products with confidence that we are using an open, robust and vetted solution. With so much at stake, it is nice to know that NIST could deliver."

David Aucsmith
Chief Security Architect
Intel Corporation

"As a replacement for the current single-DES and Triple-DES encryption standards, Chase Manhattan Bank, a forerunner in providing the state-of-the-future e-commerce security to its B2B and B2C customers, is poised to implement, over time, through a network of the bank's existing and new security product vendors, the NIST's new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) which will bring about increased security, performance and flexibility.

Gen Rao
Vice President
eSpace Security Center
Chase Manhattan Bank

"I strongly commend NIST's efforts to come up with a stronger, more efficient replacement for DES, through an open and international competition. This is an important step which will allow strong, efficient, and flexible encryption to be employed for e-commerce in general, and e-government in particular.

Richard A. Guida
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Chairperson, Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee

"The National Security Agency (NSA) wishes to congratulate the National Institute of Standards and Technology on the successful selection of an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). It should serve the nation well. In particular, NSA intends to use the AES where appropriate in meeting the national security information protection needs of the United States government."

Michael J. Jacobs
Deputy Director for Information Systems Security
National Security Agency