NIST SP 800-90 may be useful in generation of account/record/patient numbers in
replacement of social security numbers.

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Barbara McGowin
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> From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick.oreilly@...>
> Date: 2006/06/15 Thu PM 05:07:24 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list <compsecpubs@...>
> Subject: Release of NIST Special Publication 800-90
>
> NIST is proud to announce the release of Special Publication 800-90,
> Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit
> Generators, specifies four DRBGs and briefly discusses entropy sources and
> methods for creating an RNG from an entropy source and an Approved DRBG.
>
> Direct URL to the SP 800-90 document on the CSRC Special Publications page:
> http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/index.html#sp800-90
>
>
> NOTE:
> There was some minor revisions made to Special Publication 800-57
> "Recommendation on Key Management" Part 1. The changes are identified in
> Appendix D of this document and the updated file is now available on the
> CSRC Special Publications page.
>
> URL for SP 800-57 Part 1:
> http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/#sp800-57
>
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