This project summarizes NIST’s current and planned activities for reviewing its cryptography standards and other publications. The Crypto Publication Review Board (“the Board”) within the Computer Security Division identifies a publication for review based on its original publishing date and any relevant issues raised since it was published. The targeted review period for each publication is every five years. The Board welcomes public comments on the publications under review and will consider those comments as it develops a proposal for processing each publication.
Publications Under Review | Background and Approach | Publication Decision Options | Completed Reviews
The following table lists the cryptography standards and other publications that are currently under review, along with due dates and email links for submitting comments.
Comments on these publications may be submitted to cryptopubreviewboard@nist.gov. Additionally, see a list of completed publication reviews.
Publications Under Review | Phase 1: Initial Comments | Phase 2: Decision Proposal |
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SP 800-38D Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC (November 2007) |
8/6/21: Call for Initial Comments 10/1/21: Comment Period Closed Additional resource: Report on the Block Cipher Modes of Operation in the NIST SP 800-38 Series (NIST IR 8459 initial public draft) |
8/23/23: Decision Proposal Announcement 10/9/23: Comments Period Closes Next: Post public comments received after comment period closes. |
SP 800-135 Rev. 1
Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions |
7/27/23: Call for Initial Comments 9/27/23: Comment Period Closed |
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FIPS 202
SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions |
7/27/23: Call for Initial Comments 10/27/23: Comment Period Closes |
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SP 800-185
SHA-3 Derived Functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash, and ParallelHash |
7/27/23: Call for Initial Comments 10/27/23: Comment Period Closes |
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SP 800-38E Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: the XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices (January 2010) |
8/6/21: Call for Initial Comments 10/1/21: Comment Period Closed Additional resource: Report on the Block Cipher Modes of Operation in the NIST SP 800-38 Series (NIST IR 8459 initial public draft) |
2/8/23: Decision Proposal Announcement 3/10/23: Comments Period Closed Next: Announce Final Decision |