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.