[Fwd: [STDS-P1619] NIST has opened up a 90-day window for publicreview of IEEE 1619 XTS]

[Arshad Noor <arshad.noor@strongauth.com>]

FYI.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[STDS-P1619] NIST has opened up a 90-day window for public
review of IEEE 1619 XTS
Date: 	Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:42:36 -0600
From: 	Matt Ball <matt.ball@IEEE.ORG>
Reply-To: 	Matt Ball <matt.ball@IEEE.ORG>
To: 	STDS-P1619@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG



Just off the press from NIST...

*Request for Public Comment on XTS - AES*
<http://csrc.nist.gov/news_events/index.html#june5>
June 5, 2008
The P1619 Task Group of the Security in Storage Working Group (SISWG) of
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) has
submitted the XTS-AES algorithm (XTS, for short) to NIST as an
encryption mode of operation of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
block cipher. Although XTS does not provide authentication in order to
avoid expansion of the data, it is designed to provide some protection
against malicious manipulation of the encrypted data. NIST is proposing
approval of XTS for government use after a period of public comment.
Additional information is available in the *Request for Public Comment
on XTS*
<http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/documents/Request-for-Public-Comment-on_XTS.pdf>.

You can download this extract here:
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1619tmp/1619-2007-NIST-Submission.pdf

After 90-days, IEEE will remove this extract and you will need to
purchase IEEE 1619 from the IEEE store.

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Thanks!
Matt Ball, IEEE P1619.x SISWG Chair
M.V. Ball Technical Consulting, Inc.
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