Contributions are requested for the IEEE P1363.2 project, "Standard Specification for
Password-Based Public-Key Cryptographic Techniques."
IEEE P1363.2 will cover techniques that use public-key cryptography for authentication and key exchange based on the utilization of passwords or other low-grade secrets and related mathematical primitives. This standard will be a complement to IEEE Std 1363-
2000, which includes public-key cryptographic techniques based on the discrete logarithm, elliptic curve discrete logarithm, and integer factorization families of hard problems.
Submissions are requested in the following areas:
 password-based key agreement schemes
 password-based identification schemes
 password-based authentication schemes
 cryptographic primitives underlying such schemes
 password-based techniques for secure information retrieval
 supporting techniques such as message encoding methods for the schemes and key derivation functions
 related number-theoretic algorithms
IEEE Std 1363-2000 gives examples of public-key techniques in the three families mentioned above. There is additional work currently being done in the P1363 working group on standardizing supplemental techniques in these three families and on techniques based on hard problems over lattices. The goal of P1363.2 is to include password-based techniques in all of the public-key cryptographic families of hard problems.
The deadline for submission of contributions is October 1, 2001.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
A submission should consist of the following sections:
1.
Description of the cryptographic technique. While references are encouraged for background, the description should be understandable without the references.
2.
Claimed attributes and advantages of the technique. Advantages may be stated in comparison to related techniques in the literature or in other standards and draft

standards, including the IEEE Std 1363-2000 document and P1363 working group drafts.
3.
Security assessment and considerations.
4.
Known limitations and disadvantages.
5.
Intellectual property issues. Any patents or patent applications relating to the technique should be identified. If the submission is accepted as part of the draft standard, a letter of assurance of "reasonable and non-discriminatory" patent licensing will be required, per IEEE policy. A copyright transfer to IEEE may also be required, if text from the submission is incorporated into the draft standard.
WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS
Submissions should be sent electronically to the IEEE P1363 Web site. Instructions can be found at http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/contributors.html. Submissions received will become part of the IEEE P1363 working group's public record and, if in electronic form, will be posted on the working group's Web page.
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation of the submissions to the IEEE P1363 working group is encouraged but not required. Time for such presentations may be set aside at the working group meetings. If you would like to schedule a presentation, please contact the working group's chair.
MORE INFORMATION ON IEEE P1363
Information on the IEEE Std 1363-2000 and other P1363 working group draft standards is available on the IEEE P1363 web page at http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/.
Instructions on how to subscribe to the working group’s electronic mailing lists may also be found on the IEEE P1363 web page.