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FIPS 112

Password Usage

Date Published: May 30, 1985

Planning Note (2/8/2005):

The withdrawal of this FIPS was announced in the Federal Register.


Author(s)

National Bureau of Standards

Abstract

Keywords

data security; passphrase; password; personal identification; computer security; systems security
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 112 (DOI)
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Related NIST Publications:
White Paper

Document History:
05/30/85: FIPS 112

Topics

Security and Privacy
authentication