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NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 1

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

Date Published: July 2019

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

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), Allen Roginsky (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

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

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-133r1
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
03/06/19: SP 800-133 Rev. 1 (Draft)
07/23/19: SP 800-133 Rev. 1 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

key management