phc-discussions - Re: [PHC] NIST standardization

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Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 14:53:12 +0200
From: Krisztián Pintér <pinterkr@...il.com>
To: "discussions@...sword-hashing.net" <discussions@...sword-hashing.net>
Subject: Re: [PHC] NIST standardization

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com> wrote:
> Do you think NIST's reputation is that bad now it'd reflect badly on the
> PHC winner?

in fact NIST has much higher reputation that this competition. their
motives might be in question, but at least they publish detailed
reports on the selection process and rationale. unlike this board.