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Symmetric Card Authentication Key Authentication (SYM-CAK)

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Symmetric Card Authentication Key Authentication (SYM-CAK)

An authentication mechanism where the PIV Card is identified using the CHUID or another data element, and then the card responds to a challenge by signing the challenge value with the symmetric card authentication key. This mechanism is deprecated.


Source: FIPS 201-3 | Category: