NIST P-256 family

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elliptic curve family public-key cryptography primitive

The NIST P-256 family is a widely used set of 256-bit elliptic curves standardized by NIST for secure public-key cryptography and digital signatures.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
NIST P-256 1
P-256 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elliptic curve family ⓘ
public-key cryptography primitive ⓘ
aliasOf NIST P-256 NERFINISHED ⓘ
prime256v1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
secp256r1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
approxIntroductionPeriod late 1990s ⓘ
basedOnProblem elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem ⓘ
belongsToSuite FIPS 186 elliptic curves NERFINISHED ⓘ
NIST prime curves NERFINISHED ⓘ
bitLength 256 ⓘ
category NIST-recommended elliptic curves ⓘ
cofactor 1 ⓘ
comparedWith Curve25519 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ed25519 NERFINISHED ⓘ
curveEquationForm short Weierstrass form ⓘ
curveNameIncludes P-256 NERFINISHED ⓘ
prime256v1 ⓘ
secp256r1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
curveType random prime curve ⓘ
definedOver GF(p) ⓘ
designGoal efficient hardware implementation ⓘ
efficient software implementation ⓘ
fieldType prime field ⓘ
keySize 256-bit private key ⓘ
publicKeySizeApprox 512 bits ⓘ
recommendedBy NIST Cryptographic Technology Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityGoal resistance to known classical attacks on elliptic curves ⓘ
securityLevel approximately 128-bit security ⓘ
standardDocument FIPS 186-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
FIPS 186-5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
SP 800-186 NERFINISHED ⓘ
standardizedBy NIST NERFINISHED ⓘ
status NIST-approved ⓘ
widely used ⓘ
supportsAlgorithm ECDH key exchange ⓘ
ECDSA digital signatures ⓘ
usedFor ECDH NERFINISHED ⓘ
ECDSA NERFINISHED ⓘ
IPsec NERFINISHED ⓘ
SSH NERFINISHED ⓘ
TLS ⓘ
X.509 certificates NERFINISHED ⓘ
digital signatures ⓘ
key agreement ⓘ
key establishment ⓘ
public-key cryptography ⓘ
widelyDeployedIn TLS libraries ⓘ
cryptographic hardware modules ⓘ
mobile operating systems ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm → commonlyUsedCurve → NIST P-256 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: P-256
brainpool curves → comparedTo → NIST P-256 family ⓘ
this entity surface form: NIST P-256
ECC → notableCurveFamilies → NIST P-256 family ⓘ