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COMPUTER SECURITY AND PRIVACY ADVISORY BOARD

Resolution 97-3

June 6, 1997

Having reviewed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Register notices of May 13, 1997, the Board does hereby recommend that NIST:

1)	Pursue amending the Digital Signature Standards to allow for the use of additional digital signature algorithms by Federal agencies, and

2)	Pursue development of a Federal Information Processing Standard for public key based key agreement and key exchange.

FOR:	Burns, Layton, Leo, Parker, Sanovic, Spix, Vetter, Weingarten

AGAINST:	None

ABSTAIN:	None

ABSENT:	Fischer*

*Present for the meeting but not available for this vote.