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NIST: the standards body behind AES, SHA, and post-quantum cryptography
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Standards bodies
NIST
The US measurement agency behind AES, SHA and post-quantum cryptography
Free, public and heavily reviewed, so the whole world adopted it
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The open competition model
Three competitions, three standards
Anyone could submit, and everyone was invited to attack every entry in public
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What NIST standardized
The documents behind the Learn modules
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Why three
Each competition answered a different threat
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When the process broke
Dual_EC_DRBG
A standard is only as trustworthy as the transparency of every constant inside it
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