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Glossary: Cryptography and PKI

P-256

Also written: P-521, ec_paramgen_curve:P-256

Standard elliptic curves for ECC keys. P-256 gives about 128-bit strength, like RSA-3072, and P-521 gives about 256-bit strength.

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Related terms

ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography)Key length