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SP 800-90A

Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators

Date Published: January 2012

Withdrawn: June 24, 2015

Superseded By: SP 800-90A Rev. 1 (June 2015)
Supersedes: SP 800-90 Revised (March 2007)

Author(s)

Elaine Barker (NIST), John Kelsey (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

deterministic random bit generator (DRBG); entropy; hash function; random number generator
Control Families

System and Communications Protection;

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-90A (DOI)
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Supplemental Material:
Comments received on Draft (2011) (pdf)