A Taxonomy of Pairing-Friendly Elliptic Curves

  • Authors:
  • David Freeman;Michael Scott;Edlyn Teske

  • Affiliations:
  • CWI and Universiteit Leiden, Science Park 123, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Dublin City University, School of Computer Applications, Ballymun, Dublin 9, Ireland;University of Waterloo, Dept. of Combinatorics and Optimization, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Cryptology
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Elliptic curves with small embedding degree and large prime-order subgroup are key ingredients for implementing pairing-based cryptographic systems. Such “pairing-friendly” curves are rare and thus require specific constructions. In this paper we give a single coherent framework that encompasses all of the constructions of pairing-friendly elliptic curves currently existing in the literature. We also include new constructions of pairing-friendly curves that improve on the previously known constructions for certain embedding degrees. Finally, for all embedding degrees up to 50, we provide recommendations as to which pairing-friendly curves to choose to best satisfy a variety of performance and security requirements.