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NIST SP 800-63

Electronic Authentication Guideline

Date Published: September 2004 (update)

Supersedes: SP 800-63 (06/30/2004)

Author(s)

William Burr (NIST), Donna Dodson (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

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

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-63v1.0.1
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
09/27/04: SP 800-63 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

authentication