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NIST SP 800-21

Guideline for Implementing Cryptography in the Federal Government

Date Published: November 1999

Author(s)

Annabelle Lee (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

cryptographic algorithm; cryptographic hash function; cryptographic key; cryptographic module; digital signature; key establishment; key management; message authentication code
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-21
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
11/01/99: SP 800-21 (Final)