Information technology - Security techniques - Hash-functions - Part 1: General

Designation Number:
CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 10118-1:18
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Adoption of International Standard
Standard Development Activity:
Reaffirmation
ICS code(s):
35.040
Status:
Proceeding to development
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SDO Comment Period End Date:
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Scope:

ISO/IEC 10118 (all parts) specifies hash-functions and is therefore applicable to the provision of authentication, integrity and non-repudiation services. Hash-functions map strings of bits of variable (but usually upper bounded) length to fixed-length strings of bits, using a specified algorithm. They can be used for

— reducing a message to a short imprint for input to a digital signature mechanism, and
— committing the user to a given string of bits without revealing this string.

NOTE The hash-functions specified in ISO/IEC 10118 (all parts) do not involve the use of secret keys. However, these hash-functions may be used, in conjunction with secret keys, to build message authentication codes. Message Authentication Codes (MACs) provide data origin authentication as well as message integrity. Techniques for computing a MAC using a hash-function are specified in ISO/IEC 9797-2 [1].

This document contains definitions, symbols, abbreviations and requirements that are common to all the other parts of ISO/IEC 10118. The criteria used to select the algorithms specified in subsequent parts of ISO/IEC 10118 are defined in Annex B of this document.

Project need:

To review the Standard within the required 5 year period.

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