ABSTRACT
In 1997, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated a process to select a symmetric-key encryption algorithm to be used to protect sensitive (unclassified) Federal information in furtherance of NIST's statutory responsibilities. In 1998, NIST announced the acceptance of 15 candidate algorithms and requested the assistance of the cryptographic research community in analyzing the candidates. This analysis included an initial examination of the security and efficiency characteristics for each algorithm. NIST reviewed the results of this preliminary research and selected MARS, RC™, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish as finalists. Having reviewed further public analysis of the finalists, NIST has decided to propose Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The research results and rationale for this selection are documented in this report.
ABSTRACT
"The study sums up the number and socio-economic characteristics of [the] gipsy population in Hungary. The history of gipsy surveys, dating back more than one hundred years, is reviewed.... The present situation is described drawing on the 1990 population census and the data of a special gipsy survey carried out in 1993. In the course of their analysis the authors discuss in detail the demographic characteristics, regional structure, labour market position, household budget situation, and housing conditions of gipsies." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
