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NIST SP 800-133 Rev. 2

Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation

Date Published: June 2020

Supersedes: SP 800-133 Rev. 1 (07/23/2019)

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), Allen Roginsky (NIST), Richard Davis (NSA)

Abstract

Keywords

asymmetric key; key agreement; key derivation; key generation; key wrapping; key replacement; key transport; private key; public key; symmetric key
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-133r2
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Supplemental Material:
Comments received on Draft SP 800-133 Rev. 2 (pdf)

Document History:
03/05/20: SP 800-133 Rev. 2 (Draft)
06/04/20: SP 800-133 Rev. 2 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

key management