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Glossary: Change Records, Cryptography and PKI

ECC (elliptic curve cryptography)

Also written: ECC, elliptic curve, P-256

Asymmetric cryptography based on elliptic curve math, giving the same strength as RSA with much smaller keys; the shop's P-256 key is ECC. It is quantum-vulnerable.

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Related terms

RSAECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm)ECDH (Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman)key length