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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 publications for which this review process has been completed.
| Publications Under Review | Call for Initial Comments |
Submit Initial Comments | Decision Proposal | Decision Proposal Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIPS 197, Advanced Encryption Standard (November 2001) |
May 10, 2021 |
Due: June 11, 2021 |
To Be Determined (TBD) |
Comments due: TBD |
| SP 800-15, MISPC Minimum Interoperability Specification for PKI Components, Version 1 (January 1998) |
May 10, 2021 |
Due: June 11, 2021 Initial Public Comments |
TBD |
Comments due: TBD |
| SP 800-25, Federal Agency Use of Public Key Technology for Digital Signatures and Authentication (October 2000) |
May 10, 2021 |
Due: June 11, 2021 No comments received. |
TBD |
Comments due: TBD |
| SP 800-32, Introduction to Public Key Technology and the Federal PKI Infrastructure (February 2001) |
May 10, 2021 |
Due: June 11, 2021 Initial Public Comments |
TBD |
Comments due: TBD |
|
SP 800-38A, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques (December 2001) SP 800-38A Addendum, Three Variants of Ciphertext Stealing for CBC Mode (October 2010) |
May 10, 2021 |
Due: June 11, 2021 Initial Public Comments |
TBD |
Comments due: TBD |
| The other SP 800-38 volumes (B-F) will be reviewed in the near future. SP 800-38G is already being revised. See Draft SP 800-38G Rev. 1. | ||||