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NIST SP 800-38E

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: the XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices

Date Published: January 2010

Planning Note (03/06/2024):

NIST has decided to revise this publication. See this announcement for more details.


Author(s)

Morris Dworkin (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

Block cipher; ciphertext stealing; computer security; confidentiality; cryptography; encryption; information security mode of operation; tweakable block cipher.
Control Families

System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38E
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
None available

Publication Parts:
SP 800-38A
SP 800-38A
SP 800-38B
SP 800-38C
SP 800-38D
SP 800-38F
SP 800-38G

Document History:
01/18/10: SP 800-38E (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

authentication, cryptography