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NIST SP 800-32

Introduction to Public Key Technology and the Federal PKI Infrastructure

Date Published: February 26, 2001

Planning Note (09/13/2021):

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Author(s)

Richard Kuhn (NIST), Vincent Hu (NIST), W. Polk (NIST), Shu-jen Chang (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

certificates; digital signatures; PKI; public key infrastructure
Control Families

Identification and Authentication; Planning; Risk Assessment; System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-32
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
02/26/01: SP 800-32 (Final)