RFC 7748: Elliptic Curves for Security
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo specifies two elliptic curves over prime fields that offer a high level of practical security in cryptographic applications, including Transport Layer Security (TLS). These curves are intended to operate at the ~128-bit and ~224-bit security level, respectively, and are generated deterministically based on a list of required properties.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC7748
- Published
- January 2016
- Authors
- A. Langley; M. Hamburg; S. Turner
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IRTF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 22
- Also known as
- —
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