Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) workshop

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(note: scheduled together with Blockchain)

Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) workshop

ECC is an approach to public-key cryptography based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields.

ECC requires smaller keys compared to non-ECC cryptography (based on plain Galois fields) to provide equivalent security.

OpenSSL EC library
https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Elliptic_Curve_Cryptography

Microsoft Research ECC library
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/msr-elliptic-curve-cryptography-library/

Note
. we are using the Microsoft Research ECC library.

. It's a compact library and compiles on both Linux and Windows.

. We are also using the OpenSSL EC library that supports EC-DSA and EC-DH

. Please make sure you have a C/C++ compiler installed on your laptop.

. If your OS doesn't have support for AVX, then AVX compiler flag must be disabled.

This is a "free of charge" FOSS workshop.