ISO/IEC 11770-4:2006 defines key establishment mechanisms based on weak secrets, i.e., secrets that can be readily memorized by a human, and hence secrets that will be chosen from a relatively small set of possibilities. It specifies cryptographic techniques specifically designed to establish one or more secret keys based on a weak secret derived from a memorized password, while preventing off-line brute-force attacks associated with the weak secret. More specifically, these mechanisms are designed to achieve one of the following three goals.
ANSI/INCITS/ISO/IEC 11770-4:2008 history
2008ANSI/INCITS/ISO/IEC 11770-4:2008 Information technology - Security techniques - Key management - Part 4: Mechanisms based on weak secrets