RE: draft-gaonkar-radext-erp-attrs-03

["David B. Nelson" <dnelson@elbrysnetworks.com>]

Stefan Winter writes....

> could you give a short reminder on why this particular approval (NIST)
> is of crucial importance?

I invite others who are more directly involved to add their thoughts, but as
I understand it, use of NIST certified cryptographic algorithms and modes is
a prerequisite to obtaining FIPS 140-2 certification, which is a requirement
for selling certain networking products to certain US Federal Government
departments.

There may be collateral benefit in marketing such products to
security-sensitive private sector markets, such as banking, finance or
healthcare. 



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