# [RustCrypto]: NIST P-521 (secp521r1) elliptic curve

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Pure Rust implementation of the NIST P-521 (a.k.a. secp521r1) elliptic curve.

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## ⚠️ Security Warning

The elliptic curve arithmetic contained in this crate has never been
independently audited!

This crate has been designed with the goal of ensuring that secret-dependent
operations are performed in constant time (using the `subtle` crate and
constant-time formulas). However, it has not been thoroughly assessed to ensure
that generated assembly is constant time on common CPU architectures.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

## Supported Algorithms

- [Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH)][ECDH]: gated under the `ecdh` feature.
- [Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)][ECDSA]: gated under the
  `ecdsa` feature.

## About P-521

NIST P-521 is a Weierstrass curve specified in [SP 800-186]:
Recommendations for Discrete Logarithm-based Cryptography:
Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters.

Also known as secp521r1 (SECG).

## Minimum Supported Rust Version

Rust **1.65** or higher.

Minimum supported Rust version can be changed in the future, but it will be
done with a minor version bump.

## SemVer Policy

- All on-by-default features of this library are covered by SemVer
- MSRV is considered exempt from SemVer as noted above

## License

All crates licensed under either of

 * [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 * [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

### Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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[RustCrypto]: https://github.com/rustcrypto/
[`elliptic-curve`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/traits/tree/master/elliptic-curve
[ECDH]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic-curve_Diffie-Hellman
[ECDSA]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm
[SP 800-186]: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-186/final
