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Federal S/MIME V3 Client Profile

November 5, 2002
Author(s)
C M. Chernick
S/MIME (Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a set of specifications for securing electronic mail. S/MIME is based upon the widely used MIME standard and describes a protocol for adding cryptographic security services through MIME

Systems Administration Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional System

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
Murugiah P. Souppaya, Anthony B. Harris, Mark McLarnon, Nikolaos Selimis
The document is intended to assist the users and system administrators of Windows 2000 Professional systems in configuring their hosts by providing configuration templates and security checklists. The guide provides detailed information about the security

Security Guide for Interconnecting Information Technology Systems

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Timothy Grance, Joan Hash, Steven Peck, Jonathan Smith, Karen Korow-Diks
The Security Guide for Interconnecting Information Technology Systems provides guidance for planning, establishing, maintaining, & terminating interconnections between information technology (IT) systems that are owned & operated by different organizations

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation Methods and Techniques

December 1, 2001
Author(s)
Morris J. Dworkin
This recommendation defines five confidentiality modes of operation for use with an underlying symmetric key block cipher algorithm: Electronic Codebook (ECB), Cipher Block Chaining (CBC), Cipher Feedback (CFB), Output Feedback (OFB), and Counter (CTR)

Underlying Technical Models for Information Technology Security

December 1, 2001
Author(s)
G Stoneburner
Underlying Technical Models for Information Technology Security provides a description of the technical foundations, termed models, that underlie secure information technology (IT). The intent is to provide, in a concise form, the models that should be

A Statistical Test Suite for Random and Pseudorandom Number Generators for Cryptographic Applications

May 15, 2001
Author(s)
Andrew L. Rukhin, Juan Soto, James R. Nechvatal, Miles E. Smid, Elaine B. Barker, Stefan D. Leigh, M Levenson, M Vangel, D L. Banks, Nathanael A. Heckert, James F. Dray Jr., S C. Vo
[Superseded by SP 800-22 Revision 1a (April 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906762] This paper discusses some aspects of selecting and testing random and pseudorandom number generators. The outputs of such generators may

Introduction to Public Key Technology and the Federal PKI Infrastructure

February 26, 2001
Author(s)
D. Richard Kuhn, Vincent C. Hu, William Polk, Shu-jen H. Chang
This publication was developed to assist agency decision-makers in determining if a PKI is appropriate for their agency, and how PKI services can be deployed most effectively within a Federal agency. It is intended to provide an overview of PKI functions
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