KEM Status

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KEM Status

• Blake Ramsdell / Sean Turner
• IETF 60, San Diego, CA, US
• August 3, 2004

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Current Status

• Aligned ASN.1 syntax in ISO/IEC 18033-2
  (Asymmetric Encryption) draft with RSA-KEM I-D
• ANSI X9.44 document is still progressing in
  alignment with RSA-KEM I-D syntax and algorithms
  are stable (modulo some edits)

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Outstanding Issues

• X9.44 needs text on assurances of validity of
  public key, and of possession of private key as
  well as security considerations

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Next Steps

• Expect substantial completion of both ISO/IEC
  18033-2 and X9.44 in mid-2005, with formal
  balloting and publication process to continue
  perhaps into 2006
• Meanwhile, RSA-KEM I-D will be updated to keep
  track, and PKCS 1 may also be updated at some
  point