Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

Barker, Elaine; Roginsky, Allen

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-133r1

SP 800-133 Rev. 1

Withdrawn on June 04, 2020. Superseded by SP 800-133 Rev. 2

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

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Date Published: July 2019

Supersedes: SP 800-133 (12/21/2012)

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

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

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Publication:
SP 800-133 Rev. 1 (DOI)
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Supplemental Material:
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Document History:
03/06/19: SP 800-133 Rev. 1 (Draft)
07/23/19: SP 800-133 Rev. 1

Topics

Security and Privacy
key management