alt Hacker NewsThere are like 3 cryptographers in all of NIST. NIST was a referee in the process. The bones he's picking are with the entire field of cryptography, not just NIST people.
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johncolanduoni • today at 2:09 AM
They may not be involved with this process, but ITL has way more than 3 cryptographers.
> The bones he's picking are with the entire field of cryptography
Isn't that how you advance a field, though?
It has been a couple hundred years, but we used to think that disease was primarily caused by "bad humors".
Fields can and do advance. I'm not versed enough to say whether his criticisms are legitimate, but this doesn't sound like a problem, but part of the process, to me (and his article is documenting how some bureaucrats/illegitimate interests are blocking that advancement).
The "area adminstrator" being unable or unwilling to do basic math is both worrying, and undermines the idea that the standards that are being produced are worth anything, which is bad for the entire field.
If the standards are chock full of nonsense, then how does that reflect upon the field?