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Finalists

The following table lists the ten Finalists of the lightweight crypto standardization process.

Official comments on the Finalists should be submitted using the "Submit Comment" link for the appropriate algorithm. Comments from the lwc-forum Google group subscribers will also be forwarded to the lwc-forum Google group list. We will periodically post and update the comments received to the appropriate algorithm.

All relevant comments will be posted in their entirety and should not include PII information in the body of the email message.

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History of Finalist Updates

 

Candidate Algorithm Information Submitters Comments
ASCON

Zip File (2MB)
Specification
Changelog

Website

 Christoph Dobraunig
Maria Eichlseder
Florian Mendel
Martin Schläffer

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Elephant

Zip File (<1MB)
Specification
Changelog

Website

 Tim Beyne
Yu Long Chen
Christoph Dobraunig
Bart Mennink

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GIFT-COFB

Zip File (<1MB)
Specification

Website

 Subhadeep Banik
Avik Chakraborti
Tetsu Iwata
Kazuhiko Minematsu
Mridul Nandi
Thomas Peyrin
Yu Sasaki
Siang Meng Sim
Yosuke Todo

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Grain-128AEAD

Zip File (1MB)
Specification
Changelog
IP Statements (update)

Website

 Martin Hell
Thomas Johansson
Willi Meier
Jonathan Sönnerup
Hirotaka Yoshida
Alexander Maximov

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ISAP

Zip File (1MB)
Specification
Changelog

Website

 Christoph Dobraunig
Maria Eichlseder
Stefan Mangard
Florian Mendel
Bart Mennink
Robert Primas
Thomas Unterluggauer

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PHOTON-Beetle

Zip File (6MB)
Specification

Website

 Zhenzhen Bao
Avik Chakraborti
Nilanjan Datta
Jian Guo
Mridul Nandi
Thomas Peyrin
Kan Yasuda

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Round 2 Comments
Romulus

Zip File (2MB)
Specification
IP Statements (update)

Website

 Tetsu Iwata
Mustafa Khairallah
Kazuhiko Minematsu
Thomas Peyrin
Chun Guo

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SPARKLE (SCHWAEMM and ESCH)

Zip File (2MB)
Specification
IP Statements (update)

Website

 Christof Beierle
Alex Biryukov
Luan Cardoso dos Santos
Johann Großschädl
Léo Perrin
Aleksei Udovenko
Vesselin Velichkov
Qingju Wang
Amir Moradi
Aein Rezaei Shahmirzadi

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Round 1 Comments
TinyJambu

Zip File (<1MB)
Specification
Changelog

Website

 Hongjun Wu
Tao Huang

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Xoodyak

Zip File (<1MB)
Specification
IP Statements (update)

Website

 Joan Daemen
Seth Hoffert
Michaël Peeters
Gilles Van Assche
Ronny Van Keer
Silvia Mella

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Contacts

Lightweight Crypto Technical Inquiries
lightweight-crypto@nist.gov

Lawrence Bassham

Donghoon Chang

Deukjo Hong

Jinkeon Kang

John Kelsey

Kerry McKay

Meltem Sönmez Turan

Noah Waller

Topics

Security and Privacy: cryptography

Created January 03, 2017, Updated November 02, 2021