ENTITY AUTHENTICATION USING PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY 196

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Authentication based on public key cryptography has an advantage over many other ….. The use of cryptography provides for strong authentication, …

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / National Institute of Standards and Technology
ENTITY AUTHENTICATION
USING
PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY
CATEGORY: COMPUTER SECURITY
SUBCATEGORY: ACCESS CONTROL
FIPS PUB 196
FEDERAL INFORMATION
PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATION
1997 February 18U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, William M. Daley, Secretary
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY,
Foreword
The Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is the official series of publications relating to standards and guidelines
adopted and promulgated under the provisions of Section 5131 of the Information Technology
Management Reform Act of 1996, and the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 104-106. These
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Government. The NIST, through its Information Technology Laboratory, provides leadership, technical
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Shukri Wakid, Director
Information Technology Laboratory
Abstract
This standard specifies two challenge-response protocols by which entities in a computer system
may authenticate their identities to one another. These may be used during session initiation, and at any
other time that entity authentication is necessary….