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Welcome to the ACVP wiki!

The goal for this project is to provide a messaging protocol that can be used with existing authentication and communication protocols to enable the automation of testing and validation of NIST-approved cryptographic algorithms.

If you are new to this system, please read the ACVTS User Introduction

If you need detailed documentation, please review one of the following specifications.

ACVP Specifications

• Algorithm Specifications: https://pages.nist.gov/ACVP/#supported
• Protocol Specification: https://pages.nist.gov/ACVP/
• Credentials Specification: Credentials Specification for Accessing ACVTS

Helpful ACVTS Resources

• Guidelines and Best Practices for ACVP Update Requests
• Guidelines for ACVTS OE and Dependency Creation and Management
• Finding ACVTS Metadata IDs of Legacy Validation Data
• How to Handle a Failed Vector Set in Production
• Guidelines on Test Session Capabilities
• ACVP Server Wiki: https://github.com/usnistgov/ACVP-Server/wiki/Home
• ACVP Server release tracking: https://github.com/usnistgov/ACVP-Server/releases