Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes

Cooper, David; Apon, Daniel; Dang, Quynh; Davidson, Michael; Dworkin, Morris; Miller, Carl

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-208

NIST SP 800-208

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes

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Date Published: October 2020

Author(s)

David Cooper (NIST), Daniel Apon (NIST), Quynh Dang (NIST), Michael Davidson (NIST), Morris Dworkin (NIST), Carl Miller (NIST)

Abstract

This recommendation specifies two algorithms that can be used to generate a digital signature, both of which are stateful hash-based signature schemes: the Leighton-Micali Signature (LMS) system and the eXtended Merkle Signature Scheme (XMSS), along with their multi-tree variants, the Hierarchical Signature System (HSS) and multi-tree XMSS (XMSS^MT).

Keywords

cryptography; digital signatures; hash-based signatures; public-key cryptography

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Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-208
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Supplemental Material:
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Document History:
12/11/19: SP 800-208 (Draft)
10/29/20: SP 800-208 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

digital signatures, key management, secure hashing