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KC

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

key confirmation

NIST SP 800-227

Key Confirmation

NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2

Key-Confirmation

Definitions:

A procedure that provides assurance to one party (i.e., key-confirmation recipient) that another party (i.e., key-confirmation provider) possesses the correct secret keying material and/or shared secret from which that secret keying material is derived.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-227 under key confirmation

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