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NIST: the standards body behind AES, SHA, and post-quantum cryptography

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Question 1 of 10

What is a FIPS document, in relation to an SP 800 document?

Question 2 of 10

Why did NIST run open, multi-year public competitions for AES, SHA-3, and the post-quantum standards instead of designing them internally?

Question 3 of 10

Which FIPS document defines AES?

Question 4 of 10

Why did NIST standardize SHA-3, given that SHA-2 was never actually broken?

Question 5 of 10

What threat do FIPS 203, 204, and 205 (finalized in 2024) respond to?

Question 6 of 10

What made the Dual_EC_DRBG situation different from an algorithm simply being broken by a new cryptanalytic technique?

Question 7 of 10

What did NIST do once the Dual_EC_DRBG concerns were confirmed?

Question 8 of 10

Which document defines AES-GCM as a block cipher mode of operation?

Question 9 of 10

How many candidates were submitted in round one of the AES competition, and how many became finalists?

Question 10 of 10

What does SP 800-57 provide that this site's Compare page draws directly from?

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