FIPS 186-2
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FIPS 186-2 is a U.S. federal standard specifying approved digital signature algorithms, including updates and formal definitions for methods such as ECDSA used in government and security applications.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FIPS 186-2 canonical | 2 |
| FIPS 186 | 1 |
| FIPS 186-3 | 1 |
| FIPS 186-4 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9961841 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FIPS 186-2 Context triple: [Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, standardizedIn, FIPS 186-2]
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A.
FIPS 198-1
FIPS 198-1 is a U.S. federal information processing standard that specifies the security requirements and implementation details for the HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) algorithm.
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B.
FIPS 140
FIPS 140 is a U.S. government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules used to protect sensitive information in computer and telecommunications systems.
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C.
FIPS 201
FIPS 201 is a U.S. federal standard that defines the requirements and architecture for secure, interoperable personal identity verification (PIV) credentials for federal employees and contractors.
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D.
FIPS 200
FIPS 200 is a U.S. federal standard that establishes minimum security requirements for federal information and information systems, forming a core part of the government’s information security framework.
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E.
NIST SP 800-56B
NIST SP 800-56B is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for cryptographic key establishment using RSA-based key transport and key agreement schemes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FIPS 186-2 Target entity description: FIPS 186-2 is a U.S. federal standard specifying approved digital signature algorithms, including updates and formal definitions for methods such as ECDSA used in government and security applications.
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A.
FIPS 198-1
FIPS 198-1 is a U.S. federal information processing standard that specifies the security requirements and implementation details for the HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) algorithm.
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B.
FIPS 140
FIPS 140 is a U.S. government standard that specifies security requirements for cryptographic modules used to protect sensitive information in computer and telecommunications systems.
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C.
FIPS 201
FIPS 201 is a U.S. federal standard that defines the requirements and architecture for secure, interoperable personal identity verification (PIV) credentials for federal employees and contractors.
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D.
FIPS 200
FIPS 200 is a U.S. federal standard that establishes minimum security requirements for federal information and information systems, forming a core part of the government’s information security framework.
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E.
NIST SP 800-56B
NIST SP 800-56B is a NIST Special Publication that provides recommendations for cryptographic key establishment using RSA-based key transport and key agreement schemes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal information processing standard
ⓘ
digital signature standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo | federal government information systems ⓘ |
| approves |
DSA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Digital Signature Algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defines |
DSA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Digital Signature Algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
cryptography
ⓘ
information security ⓘ |
| followedBy | FIPS 186-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 186-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVersionNumber | 186-2 ⓘ |
| includes |
guidance on key sizes for digital signatures
ⓘ
technical specifications for DSA parameters ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Commerce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | FIPS 186 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | National Institute of Standards and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| references |
ECDSA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ RSA digital signature algorithm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revises | FIPS 186-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityGoal |
authentication
ⓘ
integrity ⓘ |
| series | Federal Information Processing Standards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | FIPS PUB 186-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specifies |
approved digital signature algorithms for U.S. federal use
ⓘ
key generation requirements for digital signatures ⓘ parameter generation for DSA ⓘ requirements for digital signatures ⓘ signature generation and verification procedures ⓘ |
| standardizes | digital signature schemes for federal agencies ⓘ |
| status | superseded ⓘ |
| supersededBy | FIPS 186-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
digital signatures
ⓘ
public key cryptography ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. federal agencies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
contractors handling federal information ⓘ |
| usedIn |
federal information assurance programs
ⓘ
government security applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FIPS 186-2 Description of subject: FIPS 186-2 is a U.S. federal standard specifying approved digital signature algorithms, including updates and formal definitions for methods such as ECDSA used in government and security applications.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FIPS 186-3
this entity surface form:
FIPS 186-4
this entity surface form:
FIPS 186