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Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Format-Preserving Encryption

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Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

Abstract

This Recommendation specifies two methods, called FF1 and FF3, for format-preserving encryption. Both of these methods are modes of operation for an underlying, approved symmetric-key block cipher algorithm.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-38G
Report Number
800-38G
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Block cipher, confidentiality, encryption, FF1, FF3, format-preserving encryption, information security, mode of operation
Information technology and Cybersecurity

Citation

Dworkin, M. (2016), Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Format-Preserving Encryption, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-38G (Accessed April 23, 2024)

Created March 29, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018