# Libcrux CAVP Utilities

> The NIST Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP) provides validation testing of Approved (i.e., FIPS-approved and NIST-recommended) cryptographic algorithms and their individual components.

- [NIST: Cryptographic Algorithm Validation
  Program](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-algorithm-validation-program)

  This crate provides tooling around parsing and handling of CAVP test
  vectors for `libcrux` crates.