Modes Development
Proposed Modes
This page contains links to the proposals for block cipher modes of operation (modes, for short) that have been submitted to NIST for consideration.
NIST maintains this page in order to facilitate public review of the modes; comments may be submitted to EncryptionModes@nist.gov.
Appearance of a mode in this list does not constitute endorsement or approval by NIST. See the Current Modes page for descriptions of the modes that are currently approved.
For each proposal below, links are given to the available documentation, as described in the following list of abbreviations:
Abbreviations for "Available Documentation"
| SP - Mode Specification |
CD - Code (link to other site) |
| AD - Additional Documentation |
TV - Test Vectors |
| IP - Intellectual Property Statements |
SU - Summary Table or Outline |
(The links within the key table itself refer to the corresponding section of the submission guidelines)
All documentation is provided on a voluntary basis by the submitters. In particular, if there is no active link to an intellectual property statement, then the submitter has not provided one to NIST.
The modes proposals are organized into the three tables below:
AUTHENTICATION ENCRYPTION MODES
| Mode |
Full Mode Name |
Available Documentation |
| EAX |
A Conventional Authenticated-Encryption Mode
M. Bellare, P. Rogaway, D. Wagner
(Posted October 3, 2003) |
SP | AD | IP
TV | SU |
| GCM |
Galois/Counter Mode
D. McGrew, J. Viega
(Revised specifcation posted June 2, 2005) |
SP | AD1 | AD2
IP | TV | SU |
| OCB |
Offset Codebook
P. Rogaway |
SP | AD | IP
CD | TV | SU |
AUTHENTICATION MODES
| Mode |
Full Mode Name |
Available Documentation |
| OMAC |
OMAC: One-Key CBC
T. Iwata, K. Kurosawa
(Posted December 20, 2002) |
SP | AD | IP
TV | SU |
ENCRYPTION MODES
| Mode |
Full Mode Name |
Available Documentation |
| DFF |
Delegatable Feistel-based Format-preserving Encryption Mode
J. Vance, M. Bellare
(Posted on Nov. 9, 2015 as replacement for VAES3 proposal) |
SP | AD | IP1
IP2 | TV | SU |
| FFX |
Format-preserving Feistel-based Encryption Mode
M. Bellare, P. Rogaway, T. Spies
(April 12, 2010: Version 1.1 replacing Version 1.0) |
SP | SP2 | AD
IP | TV | SU |
| RAC |
Random Access Counter
J. Anderson
(Posted May 15, 2015) |
SP | AD | IP
CD | TV | SU |