NESSIE

NESSIE ( New European Schemes for Signatures, Integrity and Encryption ) is to provide a selection of verified cryptographic methods available a European research project with the goal of business and governments.

From the NESSIE project management was called in March of 2000 to submit algorithms for the following categories.

  • Block encryption
  • Stream encryption
  • Symmetric signature process (Message Authentication Codes )
  • Cryptographic hash functions
  • Asymmetric encryption
  • Asymmetric signature schemes
  • Asymmetric identification method

A total of 42 procedures were submitted, of which 17 selected upon closer inspection in February 2003.

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