80_FR_63741 80 FR 63539 - Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-4, Digital Signature Standard; Request for Comments on the NIST-Recommended Elliptic Curves

80 FR 63539 - Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-4, Digital Signature Standard; Request for Comments on the NIST-Recommended Elliptic Curves

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 202 (October 20, 2015)

Page Range63539-63541
FR Document2015-26539

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requests comments on Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-4, Digital Signature Standard, which has been in effect since July 2013. FIPS 186-4 specifies three techniques for the generation and verification of digital signatures that can be used for the protection of data: the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman Algorithm (RSA), the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), and the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA), along with a set of elliptic curves recommended for government use. NIST is primarily seeking comments on the recommended elliptic curves specified in Appendix D of the FIPS, but comments on other areas of the FIPS will also be considered. FIPS 186-4 is available at http:// dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.186-4.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 202 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015) 
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No. 150923882-5882-01]


Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-4, Digital 
Signature Standard; Request for Comments on the NIST-Recommended 
Elliptic Curves

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
requests comments on Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 
186-4, Digital Signature Standard, which has been in effect since July 
2013. FIPS 186-4 specifies three techniques for the generation and 
verification of digital signatures that can be used for the protection 
of data: the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman Algorithm (RSA), the Digital 
Signature Algorithm (DSA), and the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature 
Algorithm (ECDSA), along with a set of elliptic curves recommended for 
government use. NIST

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is primarily seeking comments on the recommended elliptic curves 
specified in Appendix D of the FIPS, but comments on other areas of the 
FIPS will also be considered. FIPS 186-4 is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.186-4.

DATES: Comments on FIPS 186-4 must be received on or before December 4, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments on FIPS 186-4 may be sent electronically to 
FIPS186-comments@nist.gov with ``Comment on FIPS 186'' in the subject 
line. Written comments may also be submitted by mail to Information 
Technology Laboratory, ATTN: FIPS 186-4 Comments, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
    The current FIPS 186-4 can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.186-4.
    Comments received in response to this notice will be published 
electronically at http://csrc.nist.gov/, so commenters should not 
include information they do not wish to be posted (e.g., personal or 
confidential business information).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Lily Chen, Computer Security 
Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, email: 
Lily.Chen@nist.gov, phone: (301) 975-6974.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FIPS 186 was initially developed by NIST in 
collaboration with the National Security Agency (NSA), using the 
Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA). Later versions of the standard 
approved the use of the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm 
(ECDSA) and the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) algorithm. American 
Standards Committee (ASC) X9 developed standards specifying the use of 
both ECDSA and RSA, including methods for generating key pairs, which 
were used as the basis for the later versions of FIPS 186.
    The ECDSA was included by reference in FIPS 186-2, the second 
revision to FIPS 186, which was announced in the Federal Register (65 
FR 7507) and became effective on February 15, 2000. The FIPS was 
revised in order to align the standard with new digital signature 
algorithms included in ASC X9 standards. To facilitate testing and 
interoperability, NIST needed to specify elliptic curves that could be 
used with ECDSA. Working in collaboration with the NSA, NIST included 
three sets of recommended elliptic curves in FIPS 186-2 that were 
generated using the algorithms in the ANS X9.62 standard and Institute 
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) P1363 standards. The 
provenance of the curves was not fully specified, leading to recent 
public concerns that there could be an unknown weakness in these 
curves. NIST is not aware of any vulnerability in these curves when 
they are implemented correctly and used as described in NIST standards 
and guidelines.
    In the fifteen years since FIPS 186-2 was published, elliptic curve 
cryptography (ECC) has seen slow adoption outside certain communities. 
Past discussions on this topic have cited several possible reasons for 
this, including interoperability issues, performance characteristics, 
and concerns over intellectual property.
    In addition, advances in the understanding of elliptic curves 
within the cryptographic community have led to the development of new 
elliptic curves and algorithms whose designers claim to offer better 
performance and are easier to implement in a secure manner. Some of 
these curves are under consideration in voluntary, consensus-based 
Standards Developing Organizations.
    In 2014, NIST's primary external advisory board, the Visiting 
Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), conducted a review of NIST's 
cryptographic standards program. As part of their review, the VCAT 
recommended that NIST ``generate a new set of elliptic curves for use 
with ECDSA in FIPS 186.''
    In June 2015, NIST hosted the technical workshop on Elliptic Curve 
Cryptography Standards to discuss possible approaches to promote the 
adoption of secure, interoperable and efficient elliptic curve 
mechanisms. Workshop participants expressed significant interest in the 
development, standardization and adoption of new elliptic curves. As a 
result of this input, NIST is considering the addition of new elliptic 
curves to the current set of recommended curves in FIPS 186-4. Comments 
received in response to this solicitation will be used to identify the 
needs, processes and goals for possible future standards activities.

Request for Comments

    NIST requests comments on the following questions regarding the 
elliptic curves recommended in FIPS 186-4, but comments on other areas 
of the FIPS will also be considered. The responses to this solicitation 
will be used to plan possible improvements to the FIPS, including the 
set of algorithms and elliptic curves specified in the FIPS.

1. Digital Signature Schemes

    a. Do the digital signature schemes and key sizes specified in FIPS 
186-4 satisfy the security requirements of applications used by 
industry?
    b. Are there other digital signature schemes that should be 
considered for inclusion in a future revision to FIPS 186? What are the 
advantages of these schemes over the existing schemes in FIPS 186?

2. Security of Elliptic Curves

    a. Do the NIST-recommended curves satisfy the security requirements 
of applications used by industry?
    b. Are there any attacks of cryptographic significance on Elliptic 
Curve Cryptography that apply to the NIST-recommended curves or other 
widely used curves?

3. Elliptic Curve Specifications and Criteria

    a. Is there a need for new elliptic curves to be considered for 
standardization?
    b. If there is a need, what criteria should NIST use to evaluate 
any curves to be considered for inclusion?
    c. Do you anticipate a need to create, standardize or approve new 
elliptic curves on an ongoing basis?

4. Adoption

    a. Which of the approved digital signature schemes and NIST-
recommended curves have been used in practice?
    b. Which elliptic curves are accepted for use in international 
markets?

5. Interoperability

    a. If new curves were to be standardized, what would be the impact 
of changing existing implementations to allow for the new curves?
    b. What is the impact of having several standardized curves on 
interoperability?
    c. What are the advantages or disadvantages of allowing users or 
applications to generate their own elliptic curves, instead of using 
standardized curves?

6. Performance

    a. Do the performance characteristics of existing implementations 
of the digital signatures schemes approved in FIPS 186-4 meet the 
requirements of applications used by industry?

7. Intellectual Property

    a. What are the desired intellectual property requirements for any 
new

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curves or schemes that could potentially be included in the Standard?
    b. What impact has intellectual property concerns had on the 
adoption of elliptic curve cryptography?

    Authority:  In accordance with the Information Technology 
Management Reform Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-106) and the Federal 
Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) (Pub. L. 107-
347), the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to approve FIPS. NIST 
activities to develop computer security standards to protect federal 
sensitive (unclassified) information systems are undertaken pursuant 
to specific responsibilities assigned to NIST by Section 20 of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g-
3), as amended.

Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory Programs.
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63540 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 202 / Tuesday, October 20, 2015 / Notices is primarily seeking comments on the recommended elliptic curves in FIPS the FIPS, including the set of algorithms recommended elliptic curves specified 186–2 that were generated using the and elliptic curves specified in the FIPS. in Appendix D of the FIPS, but algorithms in the ANS X9.62 standard 1. Digital Signature Schemes comments on other areas of the FIPS and Institute of Electrical and will also be considered. FIPS 186–4 is Electronics Engineers (IEEE) P1363 a. Do the digital signature schemes available at http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/ standards. The provenance of the curves and key sizes specified in FIPS 186–4 NIST.FIPS.186–4. was not fully specified, leading to recent satisfy the security requirements of DATES: Comments on FIPS 186–4 must public concerns that there could be an applications used by industry? be received on or before December 4, unknown weakness in these curves. b. Are there other digital signature 2015. NIST is not aware of any vulnerability schemes that should be considered for in these curves when they are inclusion in a future revision to FIPS ADDRESSES: Comments on FIPS 186–4 implemented correctly and used as 186? What are the advantages of these may be sent electronically to FIPS186- described in NIST standards and schemes over the existing schemes in comments@nist.gov with ‘‘Comment on guidelines. FIPS 186? FIPS 186’’ in the subject line. Written In the fifteen years since FIPS 186–2 comments may also be submitted by 2. Security of Elliptic Curves was published, elliptic curve mail to Information Technology cryptography (ECC) has seen slow a. Do the NIST-recommended curves Laboratory, ATTN: FIPS 186–4 adoption outside certain communities. satisfy the security requirements of Comments, National Institute of Past discussions on this topic have cited applications used by industry? Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau several possible reasons for this, b. Are there any attacks of Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, including interoperability issues, cryptographic significance on Elliptic MD 20899–8930. performance characteristics, and Curve Cryptography that apply to the The current FIPS 186–4 can be found concerns over intellectual property. NIST-recommended curves or other at http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST. In addition, advances in the widely used curves? FIPS.186-4. understanding of elliptic curves within Comments received in response to 3. Elliptic Curve Specifications and the cryptographic community have led this notice will be published Criteria to the development of new elliptic electronically at http://csrc.nist.gov/, so curves and algorithms whose designers a. Is there a need for new elliptic commenters should not include claim to offer better performance and curves to be considered for information they do not wish to be are easier to implement in a secure standardization? posted (e.g., personal or confidential manner. Some of these curves are under b. If there is a need, what criteria business information). consideration in voluntary, consensus- should NIST use to evaluate any curves FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. based Standards Developing to be considered for inclusion? Lily Chen, Computer Security Division, Organizations. c. Do you anticipate a need to create, National Institute of Standards and In 2014, NIST’s primary external standardize or approve new elliptic Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail advisory board, the Visiting Committee curves on an ongoing basis? Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899– on Advanced Technology (VCAT), 8930, email: Lily.Chen@nist.gov, phone: conducted a review of NIST’s 4. Adoption (301) 975–6974. cryptographic standards program. As a. Which of the approved digital SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FIPS 186 part of their review, the VCAT signature schemes and NIST- was initially developed by NIST in recommended that NIST ‘‘generate a recommended curves have been used in collaboration with the National Security new set of elliptic curves for use with practice? Agency (NSA), using the Digital ECDSA in FIPS 186.’’ b. Which elliptic curves are accepted Signature Algorithm (DSA). Later In June 2015, NIST hosted the for use in international markets? versions of the standard approved the technical workshop on Elliptic Curve use of the Elliptic Curve Digital Cryptography Standards to discuss 5. Interoperability Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) and the possible approaches to promote the a. If new curves were to be Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) adoption of secure, interoperable and standardized, what would be the impact algorithm. American Standards efficient elliptic curve mechanisms. of changing existing implementations to Committee (ASC) X9 developed Workshop participants expressed allow for the new curves? standards specifying the use of both significant interest in the development, b. What is the impact of having ECDSA and RSA, including methods for standardization and adoption of new several standardized curves on generating key pairs, which were used elliptic curves. As a result of this input, interoperability? as the basis for the later versions of FIPS NIST is considering the addition of new c. What are the advantages or 186. elliptic curves to the current set of disadvantages of allowing users or The ECDSA was included by recommended curves in FIPS 186–4. applications to generate their own reference in FIPS 186–2, the second Comments received in response to this elliptic curves, instead of using revision to FIPS 186, which was solicitation will be used to identify the standardized curves? announced in the Federal Register (65 needs, processes and goals for possible FR 7507) and became effective on 6. Performance future standards activities. February 15, 2000. The FIPS was a. Do the performance characteristics Request for Comments mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES revised in order to align the standard of existing implementations of the with new digital signature algorithms NIST requests comments on the digital signatures schemes approved in included in ASC X9 standards. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments on FIPS 186-4 must be received on or before December 4, 2015.
ContactDr. Lily Chen, Computer Security Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930, email: [email protected], phone: (301) 975-6974.
FR Citation80 FR 63539 
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