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Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS)

Standard Security Label for Information Transfer

September 6, 1994

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), N Nazario

[Withdrawn October 19, 2015] Information Transfer security labels convey information used by protocol entities to determine how to handle data communicated

Digital Signature Standard (DSS) [includes Change Notice 1 from 12/30/1996]

May 19, 1994

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker

[Superseded by FIPS 186-1 (December 15, 1998): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917974] This standard specifies a Digital Signature

Escrowed Encryption Standard

February 9, 1994

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Miles E. Smid

[Withdrawn October 19, 2015] This standard specifies an encryption/decryption algorithm and a Law Enforcement Access Field (LEAF) creation method which may be

Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules

January 11, 1994

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Lisa Carnahan, Miles E. Smid

[Superseded by FIPS 140-2 (May 25, 2001): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902003] The selective application of technological and

Automated Password Generator (APG)

October 5, 1993

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Charles Dinkel

[Withdrawn on October 19, 2015] The Automated Password Generator Standard specifies an algorithm to generate passwords for the protection of computer resources

Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

May 11, 1993

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Elaine Barker

[Superseded by FIPS 180-1 (April 17, 1995): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917977] This standard specifies a Secure Hash Algorithm