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D. Richard Kuhn, Kotikalapudi Sriram, Douglas Montgomery
This document introduces the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), explains its importance to the internet, and provides a set of best practices that can help in...
Joshua A. Hadler, Christopher L. Cromer, John H. Lehman
This document describes a calibration service for absolute laser power and energy measurements of laser power meters and detectors used with continuous wave...
There is a need for real-time identification of hazards to enable selection of appropriate respiratory protection for firefighters. The challenge is to transfer...
Defines the content, format, and units of measurement for the exchange of fingerprint, palmprint, facial/mugshot, scar, mark, & tattoo (SMT), iris, and other...
Software assurance tools are a fundamental resource for providing an assurance argument for today?s software applications throughout the software development...
Tom T. Karygiannis, Bernard Eydt, Greg Barber, Lynn Bunn, T. Phillips
This publication seeks to assist organizations in understanding the risks of RFID technology and security measures to mitigate those risks. It provides...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information...
Miles C. Tracy, Wayne Jansen, Karen A. Scarfone, Jason Butterfield
This document was developed in furtherance of NIST's statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, Public...
Sheila E. Frankel, Bernard Eydt, L Owens, Karen Kent Scarfone
This report provides readers with a detailed explanation of next generation 802.11 wireless security. It describes the inherently flawed Wired Equivalent...
A Presentation by Daniel Madrzykowski. Localized Residential Fire Suppression Systems: -Kitchen fire hazard characterization. -Investigate "passive" and "active...
Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Anthony P. Hamins, Shivani N. Mehta
The Workshop on Residential Kitchen Fire Suppression Research Needs was held on April 11, 2006, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in...
The 2006 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) Workshop was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD...
NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government, and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1100...
The Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials was held at the Boulder Laboratories of the U. S. Department of Commerce on August 17-19, 2004. It was...
Michael T. Stocker, Richard M. Silver, Ravikiran Attota, Jay S. Jun
This document describes the physical characteristics of Standard Reference Material SRM 5000, provides guidance for its use in calibrating overlay (OL) tools...
James F. Dray Jr., April Giles, Michael Kelley, Ramaswamy Chandramouli
The purpose of this document is to present recommendations for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card readers in the area of performance and communications...
NIST to develop a common, international vision for how a scientific foundation for performance-based fire safety design might be structured, which parts of the...
This Information Security Handbook provides a broad overview of information security program elements to assist managers in understanding how to establish and...
Entities participating in the generation or verification of digital signatures depend on the authenticity of the process. This Recommendation specifies methods...
The 91st Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures was held in Chicago, IL, July 9 - 14, 2006. The theme of the conference was Back to...
William J. Boettinger, Ursula R. Kattner, Kil-Won Moon, John Perepezko
This document is focused on differential thermal analysis (DTA) and heat-flux differential scanning calorimetry (HF-DSC) of metals and alloys. A thermal...
The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by...