[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25201-25202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 980413093-8093-01]


Notice of Termination of Validation Services for Federal 
Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

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

ACTION: Notice; termination of validation services.

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SUMMARY: The NIST is terminating validation services for the following 
Federal Information Processing Standards:

 FIPS 21-4, COBOL
 FIPS 69-1, Fortran
 FIPS 113, Computer Data Authentication
 FIPS 171, Key Management Using ANSI X9.17-1985.

    The NIST announced on October 10, 1997, (62 FR 52976) that it would 
terminate validation services for FIPS 21-4, COBOL, and FIPS 69-1, 
Fortran, by September 30, 1998, or earlier if private industry 
validation services were established. Since such services are now 
available, NIST is terminating these validation services effective June 
7, 1998.
    NIST is also terminating validation services for FIPS 113 and FIPS 
171 on June 7, 1998. Neither service has been used over the past few 
years. Verification of proper implementation

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for these two standards will now be performed as part of the 
Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP). Accredited 
Cryptographic Module Testing (CMT) Laboratories shall perform testing 
related to FIPS 113 and FIPS 171--if applicable--for cryptographic 
modules undergoing FIPS 140-1 validation testing, in accordance with 
guidance provided by NIST.
    A Directory of Conformance Testing Programs, Products, and Services 
is available on the World Wide Web (WWW) at the Universal Resource 
Locator (URL)--http://www.nist.gov/ctdirectory.html. NIST test suites 
and testing procedures are distributed freely and are accessible from 
the Directory. Additional conformance testing information is available 
on the URL--http://www.nist.gov/div897/ctg.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 7, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For FIPS 21-4 and FIPS 69-1: Lynne S. Rosenthal, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 
975-3353, e-mail [email protected].
    For FIPS 113 and FIPS 171: James G. Foti, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, telephone (301) 975-
5237, e-mail [email protected].

    Authority: Federal Information Processing Standards Publications 
(FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to 
section 5131 of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 
1996, and the Computer Security Act of 1987, as amended, (Pub. L. 
104-106).

    Dated: April 29, 1998.
Robert E. Hebner,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-12140 Filed 5-6-98; 8:45 am]
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