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Recommendation for Key Derivation through Extraction-then-Expansion

Published

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

Keywords

key derivation, extraction, expansion

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 April 23, 2024)
Created November 28, 2011, Updated November 10, 2018