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NIST SP 800-63

Electronic Authentication Guideline

Date Published: June 2004

Author(s)

William Burr (NIST), Donna Dodson (NIST), W. Polk (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

authentication assurance; credentials service provider; cryptography; electronic authentication; electronic credentials; electronic transactions; electronic government; identity proofing; passwords; PKI; public key infrastructure; authentication; tokens
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-63 (Version 1.0) (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
06/30/04: SP 800-63 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

authentication