Following up on my livejournal post from almost a year ago, via CryptoMe, the Department of commerce has finally announced in the Federal Register the
Approval of the Withdrawal of Federal Information ( Read more... )

According to CNSS Policy No. 15, Fact Sheet No. 1, "National Policy on the Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to Protect National Security Systems and National Security Information", published in June 2003, documents an analysis of AES by the NSA in the context of US Government use (as opposed to public and commercial use.) The most ( Read more... )