# RustCrypto: NIST P-384 (secp384r1) elliptic curve

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NIST P-384 elliptic curve (a.k.a. secp384r1) types implemented in terms of
traits from the [`elliptic-curve`] crate.

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## About P-384

NIST P-384 is a Weierstrass curve specified in FIPS 186-4: Digital Signature
Standard (DSS):

<https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.186-4.pdf>

Also known as secp384r1 (SECG), it's included in the US National Security
Agency's "Suite B" and is widely used in protocols like TLS and the associated
X.509 PKI.

## Minimum Supported Rust Version

Rust **1.47** or higher.

Minimum supported Rust version can be changed in the future, but it will be
done with a minor version bump.

## SemVer Policy

- All on-by-default features of this library are covered by SemVer
- MSRV is considered exempt from SemVer as noted above

## License

All crates licensed under either of

 * [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 * [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

### Contribution

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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[`elliptic-curve`]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/traits/tree/master/elliptic-curve
