Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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FIPS 180-3

Withdrawn on March 06, 2012. Superseded by FIPS 180-4

Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

Documentation Topics

Date Published: October 2008

Supersedes: FIPS 180-2 (02/25/2004)

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

This standard specifies five hash algorithms that can be used to generate digests of messages. The digests are used to detect whether messages have been changed since the digests were generated.

Keywords

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

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Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 180-3

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
10/31/08: FIPS 180-3

Topics

Security and Privacy
secure hashing