Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

Published

April 16, 2018

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Lidong Chen, Allen L. Roginsky, Apostol T. Vassilev, Richard Davis

Abstract

This Recommendation specifies key-establishment schemes based on the discrete logarithm problem over finite fields and elliptic curves, including several variations of Diffie-Hellman and Menezes-Qu-Vanstone (MQV) key establishment schemes.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-56Ar3

Report Number

800-56Ar3

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

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Keywords

Diffie-Hellman, elliptic curve cryptography, finite field cryptography, key agreement, key confirmation, key derivation, key establishment, MQV.

Citation

Barker, E. , Chen, L. , Roginsky, A. , Vassilev, A. and Davis, R. (2018), Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-56Ar3 (Accessed October 17, 2025)