On 29/06/17 00:11, Arkadiusz Ławniczak wrote:
> P-256, P-384 and P-521 curves are commonly implemented in all popular 
> cryptographic libraries such as OpenSSL, Microsoft Crypto API NB (CNG) or 
> Bouncy Castle, popular web browsers and FIPS 140-2 certified hardware 
> cryptographic modules.

Are you aware of any libraries or browsers which do not support P-521?

> But it seems that Mozilla (like the NSA in its "Suite B" recommendation) has 
> limited its policy to only two curves P-256 and P-384. 
> The reasons for this decision are known only to this agency and Mozilla. It 
> can be assumed that stronger cryptography is currently embarrassing for the 
> NSA, and the safety margin over the operation time is low. 

Do you believe that P-521 is usefully stronger than P-384?

Gerv
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