RustCrypto / RustCrypto/elliptic-curves
Considering audit of p256 curve
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- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 874
- Forks
- 299
- Avg merge
- 1d 4h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 12
Description
We are considering an audit of the p256 curve:
https://github.com/RustCrypto/elliptic-curves/tree/master/p256
Has any other team considered auditing this library?
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the p256 directory linked in the issue and the four existing comments to determine whether an audit is already planned or owned. Done means establishing a clear audit status or next step for the library; the issue names no test or implementation entry point.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cryptography
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100