Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

Barker, Elaine; Roginsky, Allen

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-133

SP 800-133

Withdrawn on July 23, 2019. Superseded by SP 800-133 Rev. 1

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

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Date Published: December 2012

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), Allen Roginsky (NIST)

Abstract

Cryptography is often used in an information technology security environment to protect data that is sensitive, has a high value, or is vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure or undetected modification during transmission or while in storage. Cryptography relies upon two basic components: an algorithm (or cryptographic methodology) and a cryptographic key. This Recommendation discusses the generation of the keys to be managed and used by the approved cryptographic algorithms.

Keywords

key replacement; key transport; key update; key wrapping; private key; public key; key agreement; symmetric key; asymmetric key; key generation; key derivation

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Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-133 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
SP 800-133 (EPUB) (txt)
Press Release (other)

Document History:
12/21/12: SP 800-133

Topics

Security and Privacy
key management