Carlisle M. Adams is a
Canadian
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cryptographer and
computer security
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researcher. Formerly senior cryptographer at
Entrust
Entrust Corp., formerly Entrust Datacard, provides software and Electronic hardware, hardware used to issue financial cards, e-passport production, user authentication for those looking to access secure networks or conduct financial transactio ...
, he is currently a professor at the
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...
. His notable work includes the design (with
Stafford Tavares
Stafford Emanuel Tavares is a Canadian cryptographer, professor emeritus at Queen's University.
His notable work includes the design (with Carlisle Adams) of the block ciphers CAST-128 and CAST-256. He also helped organize the first Selected A ...
) of the
block cipher
In cryptography, a block cipher is a deterministic algorithm that operates on fixed-length groups of bits, called ''blocks''. Block ciphers are the elementary building blocks of many cryptographic protocols. They are ubiquitous in the storage a ...
s
CAST-128 and
CAST-256
In cryptography, CAST-256 (or CAST6) is a symmetric-key block cipher published in June 1998. It was submitted as a candidate for the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES); however, it was not among the five AES finalists. It is an extension of an ...
, whose
S-box
In cryptography, an S-box (substitution-box) is a basic component of symmetric key algorithms which performs substitution. In block ciphers, they are typically used to obscure the relationship between the key and the ciphertext, thus ensuring Clau ...
es are based on the non-linear properties of
bent functions. He also helped organize the first
Selected Areas in Cryptography
Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) is an international cryptography Academic conference, conference (originally a workshop) held every August in Canada since 1994. The first workshop was organized by Carlisle Adams, Henk Meijer, Stafford Tavares ...
(SAC) workshop in 1994. He is also the security advisor of the
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
-based
electronic signature
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company
Signority.
Publications
Request For Comments
A Request for Comments (RFC) is a publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most prominently the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). An RFC is authored by individuals or ...
Adams is the (co)author of the following RFCs:
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References
External links
Carlisle Adams's page at uOttawa
Living people
Public-key cryptographers
Canadian computer scientists
Computer security academics
Academic staff of the University of Ottawa
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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