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Journals may excerpt items in their fields standards action - june 3, 2005 - page 2 of 21 pages Comment Deadline: July 3, 2005 ITI (INCITS) (InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards) UL (Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.) New National Adoptions New Standards INCITS/ISO/IEC 9798-5-2004, Information technology - Security techniques - Entity authentication - Part 5: Mechanisms using BSR/UL 539-200x, Single and Multiple Station Heat Detectors zero-knowledge techniques (identical national adoption) (proposals dated 06/03/05) (new standard) This part of ISO/IEC 9798 specifies entity authentication mechanisms These requirements cover heat-activated, mechanically- or using zero-knowledge techniques. gas-opreated, single- and multiple-station heat detectors intended for - Clause 5 specifies mechanisms (already present in the first edition, indoor installation. ISO/IEC 9798-4:1999) based on identities and providing unilateral Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards authentication. They have been repaired after the withdrawal of ISO/IEC Action.” 9796:1991. Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Kristin Andrews, UL-CA, - Clause 6 specifies mechanisms (inserted in this second edition) based [email protected] on integer factorization and providing unilateral authentication, etc. Single copy price: $118.00 Obtain an electronic copy from: ANSI; http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp? Revisions Order from: Global Engineering Documents; http://www.global.ihs.com Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Barbara Bennett, ITI (INCITS); BSR/UL 514C-200x, Standard for Safety for Nonmetallic Outlet Boxes, [email protected] Flush-Device Boxes, and Covers (revision of ANSI/UL 514C-2004) INCITS/ISO/IEC 10118-3-2003, Information technology - Security Modifies requirements for nonmetallic boxes that are intended for fixture techniques - Hash-functions - Part 3: Dedicated hash-functions support. (identical national adoption) Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards Action.” This part of ISO/IEC 10118 specifies dedicated hash-functions, i.e., specially designed hash-functions. The hash-functions in this part of Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Susan Malohn, UL-IL; ISO/IEC 10118 are based on the iterative use of a round-function. Seven [email protected] distinct round-functions are specified, giving rise to distinct dedicated hash-functions. Single copy price: $81.00 Obtain an electronic copy from: ANSI; http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp? BSR/UL 864-200x, Control Units and Accessories for Fire Alarm Order from: Global Engineering Documents; http://www.global.ihs.com Systems (proposals dated 6/3/05) (revision of ANSI/UL 864-2003) Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Barbara Bennett, ITI (INCITS); This recirculation proposal document includes revisions to 40.3.2.12 and [email protected] 40.4.7 in response to comments received on proposals dated 11/19/04. INCITS/ISO/IEC 13335-1-2004, Information technology - Security techniques - Management of information and communications Click here to see these changes in full, or look at the end of “Standards technology security - Part 1: Concepts and models for information and Action.” communications technology security management (identical national Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Randi Myers, UL-CA; adoption) [email protected] ISO/IEC 13335 contains guidance on the management of ICT security. Part 1 of ISO/IEC 13335 presents the concepts and models fundamental to a basic understanding of ICT security, and addresses the general management issues that are essential to the successful planning, implementation and operation of ICT security. Single copy price: $92.00 Obtain an electronic copy from: ANSI; Comment Deadline: July 18, 2005 http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp? Order from: Global Engineering Documents; http://www.global.ihs.com Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Barbara Bennett, ITI (INCITS); ATIS (ASC O5) (Alliance for Telecommunications [email protected] Industry Solutions) INCITS/ISO/IEC 13888-1-200x, Information technology - Security Revisions techniques - Non-repudiation - Part 1: General (identical national adoption) BSR O5.1-200x, Specifications and Dimensions (for Wood Poles) (revision of ANSI O5.1-2002) This part of ISO/IEC 13888 serves as a general model for subsequent parts specifying non-repudiation mechanisms using cryptographic Provides minimum specifications for quality and dimensions of wood techniques. This multipart International Standard provides poles that are to be used in single-pole utility structures. non-repudiation mechanisms for the following phases of non-repudiation: - Evidence generation; - Evidence transfer, storage and retrieval; and Single copy price: $30.00 - Evidence verification. Obtain an electronic copy from: [email protected] Dispute arbitration is outside the scope of this International Standard. Order from: Steve Barclay, ATIS; [email protected] Single copy price: $67.00 Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Same Obtain an electronic copy from: ANSI; http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp? Order from: Global Engineering Documents; http://www.global.ihs.com Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Barbara Bennett, ITI (INCITS); [email protected] standards action - june 3, 2005 - page 3 of 21 pages INCITS/ISO/IEC 15444-1-2004 (R200x), Information technology - JPEG INCITS/ISO 8485-1989 (R200x), Programming Languages - APL 2000 image coding system: Core coding system (identical national (reaffirmation of INCITS/ISO 8485-1989) adoption) This standard defines the programming language APL and the This Recommendation/International Standard defines a set of lossless environment in which APL programs are executed. Its purpose is to (bit-preserving) and lossy compression methods for coding bi-level, facilitate interchange and promote portability of APL programs and continuous-tone grey-scale, palletized color, or continuous-tone color programming skills. digital still images. Single copy price: $18.00 Single copy price: $192.00 Obtain an electronic copy from: ANSI; http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp? Obtain an electronic copy from: ANSI; http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp? Order from: Global Engineering Documents; http://www.global.ihs.com Send comments (with copy to BSR) to: Deborah Spittle, ITI (INCITS); Order from: Global Engineering Documents; http://www.global.ihs.com [email protected] Send comments (with copy to BSR)