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Edwin Groothuis 4e8d63bcc7 New port: security/seccure - SECCURE Elliptic Curve Crypto Utility for Reliable Encryption
The seccure toolset implements a selection of asymmetric
	algorithms based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). In
	particular it offers public key encryption / decryption,
	signature generation / verification and key establishment.

	ECC schemes offer a much better key size to security ratio
	than classical systems (RSA, DSA). Keys are short enough
	to make direct specification of keys on the command line
	possible (sometimes this is more convenient than the
	management of PGP-like key rings). seccure builds on this
	feature and therefore is the tool of choice whenever
	lightweight asymmetric cryptography -- independent of key
	servers, revocation certificates, the Web of Trust or even
	configuration files -- is required.

PR:		ports/115943
Submitted by:	Lukasz Komsta <luke@novum.am.lublin.pl>
2007-09-07 08:15:24 +00:00

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The seccure toolset implements a selection of asymmetric algorithms based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). In particular it offers public key encryption / decryption, signature generation / verification and key establishment.
ECC schemes offer a much better key size to security ratio than classical systems (RSA, DSA). Keys are short enough to make direct specification of keys on the command line possible (sometimes this is more convenient than the management of PGP-like key rings). seccure builds on this feature and therefore is the tool of choice whenever lightweight asymmetric cryptography -- independent of key servers, revocation certificates, the Web of Trust or even configuration files -- is required.
WWW: http://point-at-infinity.org/seccure/
Author: B. Poettering