In August 1999 NIST announced the five finalists: MARS, RC6, Rijndael, Serpent, and Twofish. These were widely accepted-along with some support for E2-as the "best" submissions, and NSA called these "appropriate choices," reported NIST. But there was also concern that the first year of public evaluation had concentrated on picking off the easy targets and that the remaining evaluation period was insufficient for a full evaluation of the finalists. The winner(s) will be determined in summer 2000.
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