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FIPS 205 (Initial Public Draft)

Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard

Date Published: August 24, 2023
Comments Due: November 22, 2023
Email Comments to: fips-205-comments@nist.gov

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Announcement

NIST requests comments on three draft Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS):

These proposed standards specify key establishment and digital signature schemes that are designed to resist future attacks by quantum computers, which threaten the security of current standards. The three algorithms specified in these standards are each derived from different submissions to the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project.

Abstract

Keywords

computer security; cryptography; digital signatures; Federal Information Processing Standards; hash-based signatures; public-key cryptography
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.205.ipd
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Supplemental Material:
Federal Register Notice

Document History:
08/24/23: FIPS 205 (Draft)

Topics

Security and Privacy

digital signatures, post-quantum cryptography