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ITL Bulletin

Additional Secure Hash Algorithm Standards Offer New Opportunities for Data Protection

Date Published: September 2015

Author(s)

Morris Dworkin (NIST), Larry Feldman (G2), Gregory Witte (G2)

Abstract

Keywords

computer security; cryptography; extendable-output function; Federal Information Processing Standard; hash algorithm; hash function; information security; KECCAK; message digest; permutation; SHA-3; sponge construction; sponge function; XOF
Control Families

System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
Download (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
FIPS 202
IR 7620

Document History:
09/24/15: ITL Bulletin (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

authentication, digital signatures