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Projects Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines

Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines

Examples with Intermediate Values

The following is a list of algorithms with example values for each algorithm. This list may not always accurately reflect all Approved* algorithms. Please refer to the actual algorithm specification pages for the most accurate list of algorithms.

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FIPS 197 - Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

SP 800-67 - Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher

FIPS 185 - Escrowed Encryption Standard containing the Skipjack algorithm

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SP 800-38A - Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods and Techniques

SP 800-38B - Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CMAC Mode for Authentication

SP 800-38C - Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality

SP 800-38D - Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC

SP 800-38F - Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Key Wrapping

SP 800-38G -Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Methods for Format-Preserving Encryption

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FIPS 186-4 - Digital Signature Standard

  • DSA
    • All Domain Parameter Sizes
  • RSA
  • ECDSA with SHA-2 and SHA-3 
  SHA-2 SHA-512/t SHA-3
P-224 SHA-224 SHA-512/224 SHA3-224
P-256 SHA-256 SHA-512/256 SHA3-256
P-384 SHA-384   SHA3-384
P-521 SHA-512   SHA3-512
K-233