October 1999 IEEE P1363 Working Group Meeting Summary

D11 had passed by an even larger margin than D9 had, however due to 
ballot comments, the working group had voted to remove the encoding 
method "EMSR1" and the signature scheme with message recovery "IFSSR" 
prior to the meeting.  We reviewed the ballot comments on P1363-D11 
and agreed on appropriate changes to the draft as well as the ballot 
response.  The group agreed that we should re-circulate the latest 
version of the P1363 draft in November so that it could be submitted 
to RevCom by the December 17th deadline for review in January.

The working group reviewed the first draft of P1363a for content and 
structure.  The content of the document was approved and a list of 
requested additional supporting material was created.  We agreed to 
hold a vote at the March meeting to limit the content of P1363a to 
the material that is sufficiently ready for inclusion at that 
meeting.  We agreed not to include material in P1363a that was not 
already in the current draft or on the list of requested supporting 
material.  We formalized a schedule for the development and 
completion of P1363a.

The group heard presentations on the security properties of TSH-ESIGN 
and EPOC, and on NTRU.  We discussed the possibility of supporting 
new projects based on topics such as identification schemes, key 
validation and new families of public-key cryptosystems.  We agreed 
that the Chair should investigate the formation of a study group for 
new projects. 

Jerry Solinas was named Webmaster for the group, replacing Leo Reyzin.