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Cryptographic Module Validation Program CMVP

SP 800-140C: Approved Security Functions

Short URL: https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cmvp/sp800-140c

The following information is referenced from Section 6.2, Approved Security Functions, of NIST SP 800-140Cr2.

Transitions | Block Cipher | Digital Signature | Secure Hash
Extendable Output Functions | Message Authentication | Entropy Source
DRBG | Other Security Functions | Change Log

6.2.1 Transitions

Barker EB, Roginsky AL (2019) Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-131A, Rev. 2. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-131Ar2

6.2.2 Block Cipher

6.2.2.1 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2001) Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 197-upd1, updated May 9, 2023. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.197-upd1

Dworkin MJ (2001) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38A. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38A

Dworkin MJ (2010) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Three Variants of Ciphertext Stealing for CBC Mode. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38A, Addendum. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38A-Add

Dworkin MJ (2004) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: the CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38C, Includes updates as of July 20, 2007. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38C

Dworkin MJ (2007) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38D. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38D

Dworkin MJ (2010) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38E. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38E

Dworkin MJ (2012) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Key Wrapping. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38F. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38F

IEEE Standards Association (2013) IEEE 802.1AEbw-2013 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—Media Access Control (MAC) Security Amendment 2: Extended Packet Numbering (IEEE, Piscataway, NJ). Available at https://standards.ieee.org/standard/802_1AEbw-2013.html

Dworkin MJ (2016) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Format-Preserving Encryption. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38G. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38G

6.2.2.2 Triple-DES Encryption Algorithm (TDEA)

Barker EB, Mouha N (2017) Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-67, Rev. 2. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-67r2

Dworkin MJ (2001) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38A. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38A

  • Appendix E references modes of the Triple-DES algorithm.

Dworkin MJ (2012) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Key Wrapping. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38F. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38F

6.2.2.3 SKIPJACK

NOTE The use of SKIPJACK is approved for decryption only. The SKIPJACK algorithm has been documented in Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 185. This publication is obsolete and has been withdrawn.

6.2.3 Digital Signature

6.2.3.1 Digital Signature Standard (DSS) (DSA, RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2013) Digital Signature Standard (DSS). (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 186-4. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.186-4

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2023) Digital Signature Standard (DSS). (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 186-5. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.186-5

Chen L, Moody D, Regenscheid A, Robinson A, Randall K (2023) Recommendations for Discrete Logarithm-based Cryptography: Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-186. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-186

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2024) Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Standard. (Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) NIST FIPS 204. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.204

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2024) Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard. (Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) NIST FIPS 205. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.205

6.2.3.2 Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes (LMS, HSS, XMSS, XMSSMT)

Cooper DA, Apon DC, Dang QH, Davidson MS, Dworkin MJ, Miller CA (2020) Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-208. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-208

6.2.4 Secure Hash

6.2.4.1 Secure Hash Standard (SHS) (SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-512/224, and SHA-512/256)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2015) Secure Hash Standard (SHS). (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 180-4. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.180-4

6.2.4.2 SHA-3 Hash Algorithms (SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2015) SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 202. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.202

6.2.5 Extendable Output Functions

6.2.5.1 SHA-3 Extendable-Output Functions (XOF) (SHAKE128, SHAKE256)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2015) SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions. (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 202. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.202

6.2.5.2 SHA-3 Derived Functions (cSHAKE, TupleHash, and ParallelHash)

Kelsey JM, Chang S-jH, Perlner RA (2016) SHA-3 Derived Functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash, and ParallelHash. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-185. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-185

6.2.6 Message Authentication

6.2.6.1 Triple-DES

Dworkin MJ (2005) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CMAC Mode for Authentication. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38B, Includes updates as of October 6, 2016. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38B

6.2.6.2 AES

Dworkin MJ (2005) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CMAC Mode for Authentication. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38B, Includes updates as of October 6, 2016. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38B

Dworkin MJ (2004) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38C, Includes updates as of July 20, 2007. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38C

Dworkin MJ (2007) Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-38D. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38D

6.2.6.3 HMAC

National Institute of Standards and Technology (2008) The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC). (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC), Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 198-1. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.198-1

Dang QH (2012) Recommendation for Applications Using Approved Hash Algorithms. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-107, Rev. 1. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-107r1

6.2.6.4 KMAC

Kelsey JM, Chang S-jH, Perlner RA (2016) SHA-3 Derived Functions: cSHAKE, KMAC, TupleHash, and ParallelHash. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-185. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-185

6.2.7 Entropy Source

Sönmez Turan M, Barker EB, Kelsey JM, McKay KA, Baish ML, Boyle M (2018) Recommendation for Entropy Sources Used for Random Number Generation. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90B. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-90B

6.2.8 Deterministic Random Bit Generator (DRBG)

Barker EB, Kelsey JM (2015) Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) NIST SP 800-90A, Rev. 1. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-90Ar1

6.2.9 Other Security Functions

Calis AH (2023) Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP)-Approved Sensitive Security Parameter Generation and Establishment Methods: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759. (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD), NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-140Dr2. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-140Dr2

Date Section Change
8/13/24 6.2.3.1 Digital Signature Standard (DSS) (DSA, RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA) Added: FIPS 204 and FIPS 205
8/17/23 6.2.3.1 Digital Signature Standard (DSS) (DSA, RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA) Removed: SP 800-89
7/25/23

6.2.2.1 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Added: FIPS 197-upd1
7/25/23 6.2.3.1 Digital Signature Standard (DSS) (DSA, RSA, ECDSA, EdDSA)

Added: FIPS 186-5, SP 800-186, and SP 800-89

7/25/23 6.2.9 Other Security Functions

Added: SP 800-140Dr2

Removed: SP 800-140Dr1

5/20/22 6.2 Approved security functions

Added/Modified: Security function subsection headers.

Added: SP 800-90A and SP 800-90B

5/20/22 6.2.1 Transitions Removed: SP 800-131Ar2 section references
5/20/22 6.2.3 Digital Signature Added: SP 800-208, October 2020
5/20/22 6.2.9 Other Security Functions Added: SP 800-140Dr1, May 2022

 

Created October 11, 2016, Updated October 08, 2024