Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.180-4

FIPS 180-4

Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

Documentation Topics

Date Published: August 2015

Supersedes: FIPS 180-4 (03/06/2012)

Planning Note (6/9/2022): This publication is currently under review by NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board. Public comments on the existing publication may be submitted through September 9, 2022. See the full announcement for more details.

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

This standard specifies 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

Control Families

System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 180-4 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
Federal Register Notice (other)
Comments received on Draft FIPS 180-4 (Aug. 2014) (pdf)

Document History:
08/04/15: FIPS 180-4 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
authentication; digital signatures