NIST requests public comments on NIST IR 8214C ipd (initial public
draft), NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes,
for primitives organized into two categories:
- Cat1: selected NIST-specified
primitives - Cat2: other primitives not
specified by NIST
The report specifies the various categories, subcategories, and
requirements for a successful submission, including security characterization,
technical description, open-source implementation, and performance evaluation.
The process intends to help the NIST cryptographic technology group collect
reference material to promote a public analysis of the viability of threshold
schemes and related primitives. This will support the NIST multi-party
threshold cryptography and privacy-enhancing cryptography projects in
developing future recommendations.
Threshold schemes should NOT be submitted until the final version
of this report is published. However, using the present draft as a baseline,
potential submitters are encouraged to prepare early for future submissions.
The public comment period is open through April 10, 2023. See
the publication
details for a copy of the initial public draft and instructions for
submitting comments.
NOTE: A call for patent claims is included on page iii of this
draft. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy –
Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.