ShangMi 3 (SM3) is a cryptographic hash function used in the Chinese National Standard. It was published by the National Cryptography Administration (Chinese: 国家密码管理局) on 2010-12-17[1][2] as "GM/T 0004-2012: SM3 cryptographic hash algorithm".[1]

SM3
General
DesignersNational Cryptography Administration
First published2010

SM3 is used for implementing digital signatures, message authentication codes, and pseudorandom number generators.[3] The algorithm is public[4][5] and is considered similar to SHA-256 in security and efficiency.[6] SM3 is used with Transport Layer Security.[7]

Definitive standards

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SM3 is defined in each of:

  • GM/T 0004-2012: SM3 cryptographic hash algorithm[1]
  • GB/T 32905-2016: Information security techniques—SM3 cryptographic hash algorithm[8]
  • ISO/IEC 10118-3:2018—IT Security techniques—Hash-functions—Part 3: Dedicated hash-functions
  • IETF RFC draft-sca-cfrg-sm3-02[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Announcement No.23 of the State Cryptography Administration" (in Chinese (China)). The Office of Security Commercial Code Administration (OSCCA). 2012-03-21. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. ^ "SM3 cryptographic hash algorithm" (in Chinese (China)). CNNIC. 2013-12-04. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  3. ^ a b "The SM3 Cryptographic Hash Function". Internet Engineering Task Force. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ "Announcement No.22 of the State Cryptography Administration" (in Chinese (China)). The Office of Security Commercial Code Administration (OSCCA). 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  5. ^ "SM3 cryptographic hash algorithm" (PDF) (in Chinese (China)).
  6. ^ "An Efficient and Low-Power Design of the SM3 Hash Algorithm for IoT". Electronics. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
  7. ^ Yang, P (March 2021). RFC 8998. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC8998. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  8. ^ Wang Xiaoyun. SM3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm[J]. Journal of Information Security Research, 2016, 2(11): 983-994.

See also

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