LAN_PRINT_135: NIST Computer Security Division Released Special Publication 800-38E
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Monday 25 January 2010 - 20:38:27

NIST released Special Publication 800-38E which approves the XTS-AES mode of the AES algorithm for data on storage devices.


NIST is pleased to announce the release of Special Publication 800-38E: Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices. This publication approves the XTS-AES mode of the AES algorithm by reference to its specification in IEEE Std 1619-2007, as an option for protecting the confidentiality of data on storage devices. The XTS-AES mode does not provide authentication of the data or its source.

URL to SP 800-38E is:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html#800-38E


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