November 28, 2008
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Results of Public Comment Procedure on Draft Gist of Revision to e-Government Recommended Ciphers List

From August 6 until September 5, 2008, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) jointly invited public comment on the Draft Gist of Revision to e-Government Recommended Ciphers List, from which they received seven comments.

To revise the List, MIC and METI will develop the procedures for inviting proposals on cryptography technique by the end of fiscal 2008, considering the contributed comments.

Outline
MIC and METI have jointly established the CRYPTREC Advisory Committee (Chairperson: Prof. IMAI Hideki, Chuo University) to conduct evaluation, etc. of cryptographic technique, particularly that for the use of e-Government. With a view to revising the list of ciphers that should be recommended for use in e-Government procurement, e-Government Recommended Ciphers List, which was released in fiscal 2002, MIC and METI developed the draft gist of the revision to the list. They invited public comment thereon from August 6 until September 5, 2008, and received seven comments.

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