The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS PUB 186, known as the __________.
A) XOR
B) MD5
C) MAC
D) DSS

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FIPS PUB 186 includes the Digital Signature Standard (DSS), which is used to verify the authenticity of digital documents and data. The other options, XOR, MD5 and MAC, are all cryptographic techniques, but are not specific standards included in FIPS PUB 186.

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