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SP 800-186

Recommendations for Discrete Logarithm-based Cryptography: Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters

Date Published: February 2023

Author(s)

Lily Chen (NIST), Dustin Moody (NIST), Andrew Regenscheid (NIST), Angela Robinson (NIST), Karen Randall (Randall Consulting)

Abstract

Keywords

computer security; discrete logarithm-based groups; domain parameters; elliptic curve cryptography
Control Families

System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
SP 800-186 (DOI)
Local Download

Supplemental Material:
Comments received on Draft SP 800-186 (pdf)

Related NIST Publications:
FIPS 186-5

Document History:
10/31/19: SP 800-186 (Draft)
02/03/23: SP 800-186 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
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