New Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Family: NIST Holds a Public Competition to Find New Algorithms | NIST

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Information Technology Laboratory, is soliciting candidates for a new and robust cryptographic hash algorithm for use by federal government agencies in protecting their information systems and information. The invitation to submit candidate algorithms was issued by NIST last November, and all nominations must be received by NIST by October 31, 2008.