IEEE P1363 Working Group for Public-Key Cryptography Standards

Meeting Summary (Unapproved)

March 7-9, 2001
MITRE, Bedford, MA

* Presentations:
   - NTRU Signature Scheme (NSS)
   - Taxonomy of Password-based Public-key Cryptographic Techniques
   - DL/ECIES

* P1363.1:
   - Lieman presented Draft 1 of P1363.1.
   - Discussed issues with the format of NTRU in the draft standard.
   - Next draft of P1363.1 should be available in mid-April.
   - Planned vote to include NTRU in P1363.1 at next meeting.

* P1363.2:
   - Reviewed the existing methods for password-based public-key key
exchange.
   - Next draft of P1363.2 should be available in late April.
   - Group is seeking updated formal submissions for P1363.2.

* P1363a:
   - Reviewed changes to arrive at Draft 7.1 of P1363a.
   - DL/ECIES: Continued discussion on issues as brought up on mailing
list.  The final decisions for DL/ECIES will be discussed further on the
mailing list.
   - Draft 8 of P1363a should be available in early April.  This draft should
be almost ready for balloting.
   - Planned e-vote to accept Draft 8+ (D8 with corrections) at the end of
April into the beginning of May.
   - Will work with sponsor to put ballot body together for P1363a.

* P1363b:
   - The working group is still interested in P1363b, but there has been no
volunteer to perform the editing and no work has been done on the
document yet.
   - Decisions on P1363b may coincide with decisions on the public-key
cryptography registry.