[Cryptography Team] ECC and/or NSA Suite B?

[Cerebus]

On 11/24/06, Matthew S. Hamrick <mhamrick at cryptonomicon.net> wrote:

> Um... what products? For new products, the US DoD now requires Suite
> B, not FIPS 140 for SBU.

Correct, but Suite B is not an evaluation & certification program.
It's a subset of FIPS-certifiable algorithms that NSA has selected for
certain purposes.  Implementations of Suite B algorithms still must be
FIPS 140-2 certified.

-- Tim