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FIPS 181

Automated Password Generator (APG)

Date Published: October 5, 1993

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

Keywords

access control; authentication; Data Encryption Standard (DES); Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS); identification; passwords; security
Control Families

System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.181
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Supplemental Material:
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Document History:
10/05/93: FIPS 181 (Final)