The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is pleased to announce the approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 180-3, Secure Hash Standard (SHS), a revision of FIPS 180-2. The Federal Register Notice (FRN) of the approval is available here. The FIPS specifies five secure hash algorithms for use in computing a condensed representation, called a message digest, of electronic data. The five secure hash algorithms are used with other cryptographic algorithms, such as digital signature algorithms, keyed hash message authentication codes or in the generation of random numbers.
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http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsFIPS.html#FIPS-180–3
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