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NIST SP 800-56C Rev. 2

Recommendation for Key-Derivation Methods in Key-Establishment Schemes

Date Published: August 2020

Supersedes: SP 800-56C Rev. 1 (04/16/2018)

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), Lily Chen (NIST), Richard Davis (NSA)

Abstract

Keywords

expansion; extraction; extraction-then-expansion; hash function; key derivation; key establishment; message authentication code
Control Families

System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56Cr2
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Supplemental Material:
Comments received on Draft SP 800-56C Rev. 2 (pdf)

Publication Parts:
SP 800-56A Rev. 3
SP 800-56B Rev. 2

Document History:
03/24/20: SP 800-56C Rev. 2 (Draft)
08/18/20: SP 800-56C Rev. 2 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

key management