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Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)

March 30, 2008

Author(s)

Ambler Thompson, Barry N. Taylor

This 2007 edition of SP811 updates International System of Units (SI) usage as implemented in the 8th edition of the SI Brochure, incorporates a significant...

Handling Computer Security Incidents: NIST Issues Updated Guidelines

March 27, 2008

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes information disseminated in revised NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-61-1, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide: Recommendations...

Long Term Sustainment Workshop Report

March 26, 2008

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Mahesh Mani, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Sudarsan Rachuri

This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations of a workshop held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on...

Programs of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (2005 - 2008)

March 26, 2008

Author(s)

Lisa J. Fronczek, Bessmarie A. Young

The National Institute of Standards and Technology s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) promotes innovation and the competitiveness of U.S...

The TREC 2006 Terabyte Track

March 24, 2008

Author(s)

Stefan Buttcher, Charles L. Clarke, Ian Soboroff

The primary goal of the Terabyte Track is to develop an evaluation methodology for terabyte-scale document collections. In addition, we are interested in...

Measurement Issues in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

March 15, 2008

Author(s)

S Arepalli, Stephen W. Freiman, Stephanie A. Hooker, Kalman D. Migler

Recommended Practice Guide for Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Characterization consisting of five chapters: Introduction; Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) ; Near...

Guidelines on Active Content and Mobile Code

March 7, 2008

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Theodore Winograd, Karen A. Scarfone

Active content technologies allow code, in the form of a script, macro, or other kind of portable instruction representation, to execute when the document is...

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

March 7, 2008

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Timothy Grance, Kelly Masone

[Superseded by SP 800-61 Rev. 2 (August 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911736] Computer security incident response has...

Minimizing Information Leakage in the DNS

March 1, 2008

Author(s)

Scott W. Rose, Anastase Nakassis

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the global lookup service for network resources. To protect DNS information, the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) has been...

MINEX II Performance of Fingerprint Match-on-Card Algorithms - Phase II Report

February 29, 2008

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother, Wayne J. Salamon, Michael D. Indovina, Craig I. Watson

The MINEX II trial was conducted to evaluate the accuracy and speed of Match-on-Card verification algorithms. These run on ISO/IEC 7816 smart cards. They...

Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC): Improving Information Security for Windows Operating Systems

February 27, 2008

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) was jointly developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Department of Defense (DOD...

Overview of the TREC 2006 Enterprise Track

February 25, 2008

Author(s)

Ian M. Soboroff, Arjen de Vries, Nick Craswell

The goal of the enterprise track is to conduct experiments with enterprise data --- intranet pages, email archives, document repositories --- that reflect the...

Microwave Spectra of Molecules of Astrophysical Interest XXVI. Acetic Acid (CH₃COOH)

February 19, 2008

Author(s)

Vadim V. Ilyushin, I Kleiner, Francis J. Lovas

The microwave spectrum of acetic acid is critically reviewed and supplemented with spectral frequency calculations derived from the rotation-torsion analysis. A...

Software Assurance Tools: Web Application Security Scanner Functional Specification Version 1.0

February 14, 2008

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Vadim Okun, Romain Gaucher

Software assurance tools are a fundamental resource for providing an assurance argument for today's software applications throughout the software development...

TRC Thermodynamic Tables, Non-Hydrocarbon Supplement NH98, 2007

February 4, 2008

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

1. Table 23-2-1-(1.15010)-db - Page db-5842.0 New table for 2-propenyl methanoate containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and...

Assessment of a Medium-Scale Polyurethane Foam Flammability Test.

February 1, 2008

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, John R. Shields

Six polyurethane foams of widely varying flame retardant levels have been tested in two modes: as four, fabric-wrapped cushions in a chair mock-up based on...

A Liquid Density Standard Over Wide Ranges of Temperature and Pressure Based on Toluene

February 1, 2008

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden, Jolene Splett

The density of liquid toluene has been measured over the temperature range -60 °C to 200 °C with pressures up to 36 MPa. A two-sinker hydrostatic-balance...

Secure Web Servers: Protecting Web Sites That Are Accessed by the Public

January 31, 2008

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the contents of NIST Special Publication 800-44, Version 2, Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers. The publication details the...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 8, 2008

Author(s)

Eyvon Petty

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST...

Standard Guide to Fluorescence - Instrument Calibration and Validation

January 2, 2008

Author(s)

Paul C. DeRose

This guide is intended to aid in the calibration, qualification and performance verification of fluorescence-based instrumentation as part of complying with...

Recommendations and Guidelines for Standardization of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

January 2, 2008

Author(s)

Paul C. DeRose

Standard Reference Materials Catalog January 2008

January 2, 2008

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery, Joan C. Sauerwein

NIST Standard Reference materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1300...