Recommendations for Discrete Logarithm-Based Cryptography: Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters

This paper provides updated specifications of elliptic curves that are appropriate for use by the U.S. Federal Government for digital signatures. The recommendation in the report is intended to provide sufficient information for a vendor to implement ECC using asymmetric algorithms in FIPS 140-3-validated modules.

Furthermore, it also specifies alternative representations for these new curves to allow more implementation flexibility. The new curves are interoperable with those specified by the Crypto Forum Research Group (CFRG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).