NIST has released a draft document, NISTIR 8214, which explores the concept of threshold schemes for cryptographic primitives. This document aims to initiate a discussion on the standardization of threshold cryptography, which offers a trade-off between different security properties in cryptographic implementations.
The draft document provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities presented by threshold cryptography, particularly in the context of cryptographic primitives such as signatures and encryption. It also considers the implications of potential standardization for the validation and use of practical implementations of threshold cryptographic schemes.
The comment period for Draft NISTIR 8214 ends on October 22, 2018, and comments can be submitted to threshold-crypto@nist.gov with the subject “Comments on Draft NISTIR 8214”.
Keywords: Threshold, Cryptographic, Schemes, Standardization, Implementations
