Carlisle Adams

Carlisle M. Adams is a Canadian cryptographer and computer security researcher. Formerly senior cryptographer at Entrust,^[1] he is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa. His notable work includes the design (with Stafford Tavares) of the block ciphers CAST-128 and CAST-256, whose S-boxes are based on the non-linear properties of bent functions. He also helped organize the first Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) workshop in 1994. He is also the security advisor of the Ottawa-based electronic signature company Signority.^[2]

Carlisle M. Adams
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Guelph (B.Sc.) Queen's University (M.Sc, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Cryptology, Computer security
Institutions	University of Ottawa

Publications

Request For Comments

Adams is the (co)author of the following RFCs:

• RFC 2025 – The Simple Public-Key GSS-API Mechanism (SPKM),^[3] Proposed Standard.
• RFC 2144 – The CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm,^[4] Informational.
• RFC 2479 – Independent Data Unit Protection Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (IDUP-GSS-API),^[5] Informational.
• RFC 2510 – Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols,^[6] Obsolete. Obsoleted by RFC 4210.
• RFC 2511 – Internet X.509 Certificate Request Message Format,^[7] Obsolete.
• RFC 2560 – X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP,^[8] Obsolete. Obsoleted by RFC 6960. Updated by RFC 6277.
• RFC 2612 – The CAST-256 Encryption Algorithm,^[9] Informational.
• RFC 2984 – Use of the CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm in CMS,^[10] Proposed Standard.
• RFC 3029 – Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Data Validation and Certification Server Protocols,^[11] Experimental.
• RFC 3161 – Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP),^[12] Proposed Standard.
• RFC 4210 – Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocol (CMP),^[13] Proposed Standard.
• RFC 4212 – Alternative Certificate Formats for the Public-Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX) Certificate Management Protocols,^[14] Informational.
• RFC 6960 – X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP,^[15] Proposed Standard.