Description

The ELLIPTIC_CURVE option specifies the name of the Elliptic Curve used to generate the EC (Elliptical Curve) keys upon creating a certificate request. This option only applies if the PRIVATE_KEY_TYPE is set to EC.

Usage

Method	Syntax	IBM i	HP NonStop	UNIX	Windows	z/OS
Command Line, Short Form	-S name
Command Line, Long Form	-elliptic_curve name
Environment Variable	UCRELLIPTICCURVE=name

Values

name is the Elliptic Curve name supported by OpenSSL.

Valid values for name are:

secp112r2 (110 bit key; equivalent to 512 bit RSA key)
secp160r1 (161 bit key; equivalent to 1024 bit RSA key)
secp224k1 (225 bit key; equivalent to 2048 bit RSA key)
prime256v1 (256 bit key; equivalent to 3072 bit RSA key)
secp384r1 (384 bit key; equivalent to 7680 bit RSA key)

Default is prime256v1.

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