IEEE P1363: Standard Specifications for Public-Key Cryptography

Status Report from December 1998 - February 1999
Submitted by Burt Kaliski

I. Current Status

  P1363 document in ballot, P1363a submissions invited, being reviewed.

II. Achievements since last report

  Ballot of P1363 started.

III. Plans for next period

  P1363 ballot, March meeting, further details of P1363a plan.

IV. Schedule through RevCom submission

  PAR approved June 1993; balloting in early 1999. RevCom submission in
  mid-1999. P1363a development in 1999, balloting in 2000.

V. Reasons for any change in schedule

VI. Key open issues and proposed solutions

  Burt Kaliski and Yiqun Lisa Yin will complete their terms after the
  ballot. Nomination procedures will be discussed in March meeting.

VII. Officers of WG (include phones, FAXs, and emails)

  Chair: Burt Kaliski, RSA Laboratories East, 20 Crosby Drive, Bedford,
    MA 01730, (781) 687-7057, fax: (781) 687-7213, burt@rsa.com
  Vice chair: Terry S. Arnold, (800) 608-6029, fax: (619) 279-8893,
    Terry.Arnold@merdan.com
  Secretary: Roger Schlafly, (831) 476-3550, schlafly@cruzio.com
  Treasurer: Michael Markowitz, (847) 405-0500, fax: (847) 405-0506,
    markowitz@infoseccorp.com
  Editor: Yiqun Lisa Yin, (650) 595-7703, fax: (650) 358-7803, 
    yiqun@rsa.com

VIII. WG meeting schedule and agenda of next meeting

  March 1999, Chicago
  ballot resolution meeting, date and location TBD
  August 19-20, 1999, Santa Barbara, CA
  
  Agenda of next meeting: approval of agenda; approval of minutes from
  previous meeting; officers' reports; ratification of November vote on
  electronic voting procedures; nomination procedures for new officers;
  discussion of ballot comments (information only); ballot resolution
  procedures; new P1363a contributions; review of encryption, signature
  schemes; other P1363a planning; work assignments; meeting schedule.