djb - DuckDuckGo it if you aren't familiar - in his most recent blog post about the NIST standardization efforts for next-gen cryptography shows, quite clearly, how badly #NIST botched their #calculations. But perhaps more importantly, they have resisted all efforts to correct their mistake(s), or even acknowledge them.
I found it much easier to comprehend than his previous post. If you're interested in #cryptography and aren't scared of a little #math: