AES for GnuPG, on Mon Oct 2?

[Dale Harris]

On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 10:00:36PM +0200, Florian Weimer elucidated:
> 
> http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/aes/pre-round1/aes_9709.htm#sec2d
> 
> "[...] NIST has determined that potential users of the AES desire to
> have the AES available worldwide on a royalty free basis."


Sure, how often has a public "desired" something just to have their
government do something entirely different.  I won't hold my breath for
the NIST to do the right thing when it is part of the same government that
the NSA and FBI are a part.  But obviously things do sound encouraging.

Dale