{"abstract":"This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-4, Digital Signature Standard (DSS). FIPS 186-4 specifies three techniques for the generation and verification of digital signatures that can be used for the protection of data: The Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) and the Rivest- Shamir Adelman Algorithm (RSA). This revision includes a clarification of terms, a reduction of restrictions on the use of random number generators and the retention and use of prime number generation seeds, a correction of wording and typographical errors, and further aligns the FIPS with Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS) <greek-i>1. FIPS 186-4 is available at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsFIPS.html.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology","name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology","id":352,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/352","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-institute-of-standards-and-technology"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2013/07/19/2013-17396.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"78 FR 43145","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The changes are effective on July 19, 2013.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 120921480-2480-01"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2013-17396","effective_on":"2013-07-19","end_page":43145,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2013/07/19/2013-17396.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/07/19/2013-17396/announcing-approval-of-federal-information-processing-standard-186-4-digital-signature-standard","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2013-17396?publication_date=2013-07-19","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2013-07-19/2013-17396/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":1,"page_views":{"count":429,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 06:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-07-19/pdf/2013-17396.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2013-17396.pdf?1374152736","publication_date":"2013-07-19","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2013/07/19/2013-17396.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2013-08-08T08:07:05Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":43145,"subtype":null,"title":"Announcing Approval of Federal Information Processing Standard 186-4, Digital Signature Standard","toc_doc":"Approval of Federal Information Processing Standard 1864, Digital Signature Standard","toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":78}