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ECDSA: Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is a standard that is the elliptic curve cryptography analog of the Digital Signature Algorithm. ECDSA was accepted in 1999 as an ANSI standard, and was accepted in 2000 as IEEE and NIST standards. It was also accepted in 1998 as an ISO standard.

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ECDSA: Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm