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

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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
Supercedes Publication
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.
Cryptography

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 4, 2024)

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Created April 16, 2018, Updated October 1, 2019