FYI: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-57, RECOMMENDATION FOR KEY MANAGEMENT, Part 3

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regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Nokia



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> From: "ext Caswell, Sara J." <sara.caswell@nist.gov>
> Date: December 30, 2009 8:55:30 AM EST
> Subject: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-57, RECOMMENDATION FOR  
> KEY MANAGEMENT, Part 3
>
> NIST is proud to announce the publication of NIST Special  
> Publication (SP) 800-57, RECOMMENDATION FOR KEY MANAGEMENT, Part  
> 3:Application-Specific Key Management Guidance. This SP is intended  
> to help system administrators and system installers adequately  
> secure applications based on product availability and organizational  
> needs, and to support organizational decisions about future  
> procurements. The guide also provides information for end users  
> regarding application options left under their control in normal use  
> of the application. Recommendations are given for a select set of  
> applications, namely: Public Key Infrastructures (PKI), Internet  
> Protocol Security (IPsec), Transport Layer Security (TLS), Secure/ 
> Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), Kerberos, Over-the- 
> Air Rekeying of Digital Radios (OTAR), Domain Name System Security  
> Extensions (DNSSEC) and Encrypted File Systems (EFS).
>
> The document is available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html 
> .