NIST publications available for public comment

NIST requests comments on the following two draft publications:

Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-131B, Transitions: Validation of Transitioning Cryptographic Algorithm and Key Lengths. SP 800-131B provides details about the validation of the cryptographic algorithms and cryptographic modules in transition, as specified in SP 800-131A. The document is available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html. Please send comments to  by March 31, 2011, with SP 800-131B comments in the subject line.

Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-131C, Transitions: Validating the Transition from FIPS 186-2 to FIPS 186-3. SP 800-131C addresses both the cryptographic algorithm validations and the cryptographic module validations that are conducted by NISTs Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP) and the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP), respectively. The document is available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsDrafts.html. Please send comments to  by March 31, 2011, with SP 800-131C comments in the subject line.