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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 completed publication reviews.
| Publications Under Review | Phase 1: Initial Comments | Phase 2: Decision Proposal |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
2/8/23: Decision Proposal Announcement 3/10/23: Comments due on the decision proposal
|
| SP 800-132 Recommendation for Password-Based Key Derivation: Part 1: Storage Applications (December 2010) |
1/6/23: Call for Initial Comments 2/24/23: Comment Period Closes
Next: Post Initial Public Comments Received |
TBD |
| FIPS 197 Advanced Encryption Standard (November 2001) |
5/10/21: Call for Initial Comments 6/11/21: Comment Period Closed Additional resource: Review of the AES |
12/19/22: Decision Proposal Announcement 2/13/23: Comments due on the decision proposal and on the draft FIPS 197 update.
|
| FIPS 180-4 Secure Hash Standard (SHS) (August 2015) |
6/9/22: Call for Initial Comments 9/9/22: Comment Period Closed |
12/15/22: Decision Proposal Announcement 1/31/23: Comment Period Closed Next: Announce Final Decision |
|
SP 800-38A SP 800-38A Addendum |
5/10/21: Call for Initial Comments 6/11/21: Comment Period Closed |
3/24/22: Decision Proposal Announcement 4/25/22: Comment Period Closed Next: Announce Final Decision |
| 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 |
Next: Decision Proposal Announcement |