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Designing to FIPS-140: A Guide for Engineers and Programmers
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Designing to FIPS-140: A Guide for Engineers and Programmers

by David Johnston, Richard Fant
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
4h 48m
English
Apress
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D. Johnston, R. FantDesigning to FIPS-140https://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0125-9_9

9. Entropy Source Validation Certification

David Johnston1   and Richard Fant2
(1)
Hillsboro, OR, USA
(2)
Austin, TX, USA
 

Most FIPS modules will require an RNG (random number generator) for things like key and nonce generation and so will require entropy certification for the noise source within the RNG.

FIPS references SP800-90A for the random number generator requirements. SP800-90C is still in draft form at the time of writing, and SP800-90B is in a revision process and so will have some updates in the 2024–2025 time period.

SP800-90B is the standard concerned with noise sources, ...
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