RFC 5903

"Elliptic Curve Groups modulo a Prime (ECP Groups) for IKE and IKEv2", June 2010

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5903.txt
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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Obsoletes:

RFC 4753

Authors:

D. Fu
J. Solinas

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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Abstract

This document describes three Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) groups for use in the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) and Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) protocols in addition to previously defined groups. These groups are based on modular arithmetic rather than binary arithmetic. These groups are defined to align IKE and IKEv2 with other ECC implementations and standards, particularly NIST standards. In addition, the curves defined here can provide more efficient implementation than previously defined ECC groups. This document obsoletes RFC 4753. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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