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Entity Authentication
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FIPS
196, Entity Authentication Using Public Key Cryptography
February 1997
FIPS 196 specifies unilateral and mutual challenge-response protocols
for the authentication of entities in a computer system. This involves
the generation and verification of digital
signatures on information that includes a random number challenge.
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Testing / Products
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Testing is not available for entity authentication
implementations. |
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NIST has no current plans for modifying this FIPS,
or for issuing any additional standards. |
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