P-521

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P-521 is a NIST-recommended 521-bit elliptic curve over a prime field widely used for high-security digital signatures in ECDSA.

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Surface form Occurrences
NIST P-521 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ECDSA curve
NIST-recommended elliptic curve
elliptic curve
prime-field elliptic curve
approximateSecurity 256-bit classical security
basePointOrder large prime order
belongsTo NIST prime curves NERFINISHED
bitLength 521 bits
category high-security elliptic curve
cofactor 1
coordinateSystem Weierstrass form NERFINISHED
curveEquationForm y^2 = x^3 - 3x + b
curveFamily NIST P-curves NERFINISHED
curveName secp521r1 NERFINISHED
definedInStandard FIPS 186-4 NERFINISHED
FIPS 186-5 NERFINISHED
designedFor long-term security
fieldPrimeSize 521 bits
fieldType prime field
hasBasePoint yes
introducedBy NIST NERFINISHED
keySizeType asymmetric key
largerThan P-256
P-384
OID 1.3.132.0.35
primeModulusForm 2^521 - 1
privateKeySize 521 bits
publicKeySize larger than P-256 and P-384
recommendedBy NIST Suite B (historical) NERFINISHED
recommendedFor digital signatures
relativeTo P-256
P-384
securityLevel high
standardizedBy NIST NERFINISHED
suitableFor government-grade applications
high-value data protection
supports authentication
data integrity
key agreement
public key cryptography
usedFor SSH NERFINISHED
TLS NERFINISHED
X.509 certificates NERFINISHED
code signing
document signing
usedIn ECDH NERFINISHED
ECDSA NERFINISHED
ECMQV NERFINISHED

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brainpool curves comparedTo P-521
this entity surface form: NIST P-521