Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

Published

December 23, 2011

Author(s)

Quynh H. Dang

Abstract

Cryptographic keys are vital to the security of internet security applications and protocols. Many widely-used internet security protocols have their own application-specific Key Derivation Functions (KDFs) that are used to generate the cryptographic keys required for their cryptographic functions. This Recommendation provides security requirements for those KDFs. [Supersedes SP 800-135 (December 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907520]

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-135 Rev 1

Report Number

800-135 Rev 1

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Supercedes Publication

Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

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Keywords

Cryptographic key, shared secret, Diffie-Hellman (DH) key exchange, hash function, Key Derivation Function (KDF), Hash-based Key Derivation Function, Randomness Extraction, Key expansion, Pseudorandom Function (PRF), HMAC, ANS X9.42-2001, ANS X9.63-2001, IKE, SSH, TLS, SRTP, SNMP, TPM

Citation

Dang, Q. (2011), Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-135r1 (Accessed October 1, 2025)