Term:Key Confirmation

NIST SP 800-120

Key Confirmation - A procedure to provide assurance to one party (the key confirmation recipient) that another party (the key confirmation provider) actually derived the correct secret keying material as a result of a key establishment.

NIST SP 800-56A

Key Confirmation - A procedure to provide assurance to one party (the key confirmation recipient) that another party (the key confirmation provider) actually possesses the correct secret keying material and/or shared secret.

NIST SP 800-57P1

Key Confirmation - A procedure to provide assurance to one party that another party actually possesses the same keying material and/or shared secret.