Acronym · Safety & Security
ECDSA (Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm)
A public key signature scheme over elliptic curves giving equivalent security to RSA at far smaller key sizes, which makes it the default for firmware signing, device certificates and constrained embedded hardware.
- Also known as
- ECC signatures
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Safety & Security, Cryptographic hardware
Notes
Reusing or leaking the per-signature nonce exposes the private key outright, a failure seen in several shipped products.
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