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NIST Special Database 33

NIST Test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards
 

PIV Test Version 2.0

 

Price $800.00  PLACE ORDER

Effective immediately, there will be a minimum $30.00 shipping charge for all international shipments of databases via UPS International. Customer will be responsible for their own duties, tax, and VAT. Contact 301 975 2200 or data [at] nist.gov (data[at]nist[dot]gov) if you have questions.

The set of NIST Test PIV Cards contains sixteen smart cards that are loaded with a PIV Card Application, as specified in NIST Special Publication 800-73-4. The PIV Card Applications on the smart cards are loaded with test data and keys that are similar to what might appear on actual PIV Cards, with the exception that the certificates on the test PIV Cards were issued from a test public key infrastructure. The currently available set of test PIV cards, version 2, includes examples of new, optional features that were introduced in SP 800-73-4, such as on-card biometric comparison, secure messaging, and the virtual contact interface.

The set of test cards includes not only examples that are similar to cards issued today, but also examples of cards with features that are expected to appear in cards that will be issued in the future. For example, while the certificates and data objects on most, if not all, cards issued today are signed using RSA PKCS #1 v1.5, the set of test cards include examples of certificates and data objects that are signed using each of the algorithms and key sizes listed in Table 3-2 of Special Publication 800-78-4, including RSASSA-PSS and ECDSA. Similarly, the infrastructure supporting the test cards provides examples of CRLs and OCSP responses that are signed using each of these signature algorithms. The set of test cards also includes certificates with elliptic curve subject public keys in addition to RSA subject public keys, as is permitted by Table 3-1 of Special Publication 800-78-4. The set of test cards, collectively, also include all of the mandatory and optional data objects listed in Section 3 of SP 800-73-4 Part 1, except for Cardholder Iris Images. Several of the cards include a Key History object along with retired key management keys.

Additional information about the PIV Test Cards is available on the PIV Test Cards web page.

For more information on Special Database 33 please contact:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Standard Reference Data
Mail Stop 6410
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-6410
(844) 374-0183 (Toll Free)

For scientific contact for this database is:
David Cooper
100 Bureau Drive Stop 8930
Gaithersburg MD 20899-8930
Voice: (301) 975-3194 Email: david.cooper [at] nist.gov (david[dot]cooper[at]nist[dot]gov)

Keywords: Personal Identity Verification, PIV, smart card FIPS 201

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Created July 19, 2012, Updated November 2, 2021