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p256

Pure Rust implementation of the NIST P-256 (a.k.a. secp256r1, prime256v1) elliptic curve as defined in SP 800-186, with support for ECDH, ECDSA signing/verification, and general purpose curve arithmetic

Repository

https://github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves ↗

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What is p256?

Pure Rust implementation of the NIST P-256 (a.k.a. secp256r1, prime256v1) elliptic curve as defined in SP 800-186, with support for ECDH, ECDSA signing/verification, and general purpose curve arithmetic

Is p256 safe to use?

No vulnerability data has been synced for p256 yet.

What license does p256 use?

p256 does not specify a license.