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NIST IR 8214

Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives: Challenges and Opportunities in Standardization and Validation of Threshold Cryptography

Date Published: March 2019

Author(s)

Luís T. A. N. Brandão (NIST), Nicky Mouha (NIST), Apostol Vassilev (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

threshold schemes; secure implementations; cryptographic primitives; threshold cryptography; secure multi-party computation; intrusion tolerance; distributed systems; resistance to side-channel attacks; standards and validation
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8214
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Supplemental Material:
Diff file - shows changes from draft & public comment resolutions (pdf)

Publication Parts:
IR 8214A

Related NIST Publications:
ITL Bulletin

Document History:
07/26/18: IR 8214 (Draft)
03/01/19: IR 8214 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

cryptography, testing & validation