Requirements for Standard Elliptic Curves

Manfred Lochter; Johannes Merkle; Jörn-Marc Schmidt; Torsten Schütze

Paper 2014/832 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2014/832 ↗

Requirements for Standard Elliptic Curves

Manfred Lochter

Johannes Merkle

Jörn-Marc Schmidt

Torsten Schütze

Abstract

Currently, the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) discusses requirements for new elliptic curves to be standardized in TLS and other internet protocols. This position paper discusses the view of the members of the ECC Brainpool on these requirements, in particular with respect to hardware implementations.

Metadata

Available format(s): PDF
Category: Cryptographic protocols
Publication info: Preprint.
History: 2014-10-16: last updated; 2014-10-16: published
Short URL: https://ia.cr/2014/832
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2014/832,
      author = {Manfred Lochter and Johannes Merkle and Jörn-Marc Schmidt and Torsten Schütze},
      title = {Requirements for Standard Elliptic Curves},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2014/832},
      year = {2014},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/832}
}