Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

Barker, Elaine; Johnson, Don; Smid, Miles

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56Ar

NIST SP 800-56A Rev. 1

Withdrawn on June 05, 2013. Superseded by SP 800-56A Rev. 2

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

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Date Published: March 2007

Supersedes: SP 800-56A (05/03/2006)

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), Don Johnson (Certicom), Miles Smid

Abstract

This Recommendation specifies key establishment schemes using discrete logarithm cryptography, based on standards developed by the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X9, Inc.: ANS X9.42 (Agreement of Symmetric Keys Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography) and ANS X9.63 (Key Agreement and Key Transport Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography).

Keywords

assurances; Diffie-Hellman; elliptic curve cryptography; finite field cryptography; key agreement; key confirmation; key derivation; key establishment; key management; key recovery; key transport; MQV

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56Ar
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Document History:
03/14/07: SP 800-56A Rev. 1 (Final)