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key pair

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Definitions:

  A public key and its corresponding private key.
Sources:
FIPS 186-5 under Key pair
NIST SP 800-89 under Key pair

  A set of two keys with the property that one key can be made public while the other key must be kept private. In this standard, this could refer to either the (encapsulation key, decapsulation key) key pair of a KEM or the (encryption key, decryption key) key pair of a PKE.
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FIPS 203

  A public key and its corresponding private key.
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FIPS 204
FIPS 205 from FIPS 186-5

  A public key and its corresponding private key; a key pair is used with a public key algorithm.
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CNSSI 4009-2015

  A private key and its corresponding public key; a key pair is used with an asymmetric-key (public-key) algorithm.
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NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2 under Key pair

  A public key and its corresponding private key; a key pair is used with a public-key algorithm.
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NIST SP 800-57 Part 1 Rev. 5 under Key pair

  See key-establishment key pair.
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NIST SP 800-56B Rev. 2 under Key pair

  A public key and its corresponding private key. A key pair is used with a public key algorithm.
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NIST SP 800-57 Part 2 Rev.1 under Key pair

  A public key and its corresponding private key; a key pair is used with a public-key (asymmetric-key) algorithm.
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NIST SP 800-175B Rev. 1 under Key pair