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[Cfrg] NIST to include 25519 and 448 in their approved curves

"Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com> Thu, 02 November 2017 18:17 UTC

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
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Thread-Topic: NIST to include 25519 and 448 in their approved curves
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Congrats to all involved.

https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2017/Transition-Plans-for-Key-Establishment-Schemes

In addition, NIST guidelines on Elliptic Curve Cryptography are also being revised to propose the adoption of new elliptic curves specified in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 7748. The upcoming draft of SP 800-186, which will specify approved elliptic curves, will include the curves currently specified in FIPS 186-4 and two additional curves: Curve25519 and Curve448.  Their associated key agreement schemes, X25519 and X448, will be considered for inclusion in a subsequent revision to SP 800-56A.  The CMVP does not intend to enforce compliance with SP 800-56A until these revisions are complete.

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