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Recommendation for Key Derivation through Extraction-then-Expansion

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Author(s)

Lidong Chen

Abstract

This Recommendation specifies techniques for the derivation of keying material from a shared secret established during a key establishment scheme defined in NIST Special Publications 800-56A or 800-56B through an extraction-then-expansion procedure.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-56C
Report Number
800-56C
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Superceded By Publication
Recommendation for Key-Derivation Methods in Key-Agreement Schemes

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Keywords

key derivation, extraction, expansion
Cybersecurity

Citation

Chen, L. (2011), Recommendation for Key Derivation through Extraction-then-Expansion, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56C (Accessed December 3, 2024)

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Created November 28, 2011, Updated November 10, 2018