On the Subversion of NIST by the NSA

Nadiya Kostyuk and Susan Landau wrote an interesting paper: "Dueling Over DUALECDRBG: The Consequences of Corrupting a Cryptographic Standardization Process": Abstract: In recent decades, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST, which develops cryptographic standards for...

NSF Awards $15m for New Secure Internet Architecture

The National Science Foundation NSF is awarding $15 million in grants for the development, deployment and testing of future Internet architectures that are designed to enhance security, respond to emerging service challenges, and increase scalability. In 2010, the NSF Directorate for Computer and...