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FIPS 180-2

Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

Date Published: August 2002 (Change Notice 1, 2/25/2004)

Supersedes: FIPS 180-2 (08/01/2002)

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

Keywords

computer security; cryptography; message digest; hash function; hash algorithm; Federal Information Processing Standards; Secure Hash Standard
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 180-2 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
02/25/04: FIPS 180-2 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

secure hashing