Just need to clarify that the word 'public' in your statement means the US
public and not all regions/world public. IMO the statement is for only one
region not the total internet regions, but can be related to other
regions. Thanks.
AB
On Monday, April 7, 2014, IAB Chair wrote:
Today, the IAB sent comments to the US National Institute for Standards
and Technology (NIST) in the matter of the draft NISTIR 7977 (NIST
Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process). In the
statement, the IAB supports transparency and openness, encouraging NIST to
make improvements for not only Federal Information Processing Standards,
but also Recommendations and Special Publications.
The Draft NISTIR 7977 is available from the NIST website:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/drafts/nistir-7977/nistir_7977_draft.pdf
The IAB statement is available from the IAB website:
http://www.iab.org/wp-content/IAB-uploads/2014/04/IAB-NIST7977-20140407.pdf
On behalf of the IAB,
Russ Housley
IAB Chair