Pro Cryptography and Cryptanalysis with C++20: Creating and Programming Advanced Algorithms

© Marius Iulian Mihailescu and Stefania Loredana Nita 2021

M. I. Mihailescu, S. L. NitaPro Cryptography and Cryptanalysis with C++20https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6586-4_9

9. Elliptic-Curve Cryptography

Marius Iulian Mihailescu¹   and Stefania Loredana Nita¹

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Bucharest, Romania

 

Elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) represents a public-key cryptography approach. It is based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC can be used in cryptography applications and primitives, such as key agreement, digital signature, and pseudo-random generators. It can also be used for operations such as encryption through a combination between key agreements with a symmetric encryption scheme. Some other interesting usages can be seen in ...