Secure Hash Standard

Published

August 4, 2015

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Quynh Dang

Abstract

This standard specifies hash algorithms that can be used to generate digests of messages. The digests are used to detect whether messages have been changed since the digests were generated. The Applicability Clause of this standard was revised to correspond with the release of FIPS 202, SHA-3 Standard: Permutation-Based Hash and Extendable-Output Functions, which specifies the SHA-3 family of hash functions, as well as mechanisms for other cryptographic functions to be specified in the future. The revision to the Applicability Clause approves the use of hash functions specified in either FIPS 180-4 or FIPS 202 when a secure hash function is required for the protection of sensitive, unclassified information in Federal applications, including as a component within other cryptographic algorithms and protocols. [Updates FIPS 180-4 (March 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910977]

Citation

Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS) - 180-4

Report Number

180-4

NIST Pub Series

Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Supercedes Publication

Secure Hash Standard (SHS)

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.180-4

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Keywords

computer security, cryptography, message digest, hash function, hash algorithm, Federal Information Processing Standards, Secure Hash Standard

Citation

(NIST), N. and Dang, Q. (2015), Secure Hash Standard, Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.180-4, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919060 (Accessed December 30, 2024)