Subject: [saag] NIST Requests Comments on Latest Revision of NIST SP 800-90A: Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators

From: Russ Housley <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:41:41 -0500

NIST SP 800-90A Rev.1 - DRAFT Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators

NIST requests your comments on the latest revision of NIST SP 800-90A, Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators, which is dated November 2014. This document specifies Deterministic Random Bit Generators based on approved hash functions (as specified in FIPS 180-4), HMAC (as specified in FIPS 198-1) and block ciphers (as specified in FIPS 197 for AES, and SP 800-67 for TDEA). This revision removes the previously approved Dual_EC_DRBG that was based on the use of elliptic curves and includes a number of other changes that are listed in the final appendix of the document. Please submit comments to [email-masked] with "SP 800-90A comments" in the subject line by December 31, 2014.