RFC 9380: Hashing to Elliptic Curves

This document specifies a number of algorithms for encoding or hashing an arbitrary string to a point on an elliptic curve. This document is a product of the…

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Outgoing relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8017: PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2
Normative reference — RFC 7748: Elliptic Curves for Security
Informative reference — RFC 2104: HMAC: Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication
Informative reference — RFC 5869: HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)
Informative reference — RFC 8018: PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.1
Informative reference — RFC 7914: The scrypt Password-Based Key Derivation Function
Informative reference — RFC 9106: Argon2 Memory-Hard Function for Password Hashing and Proof-of-Work Applications
Informative reference — RFC 7693: The BLAKE2 Cryptographic Hash and Message Authentication Code (MAC)

Incoming relationships (5 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9497: Oblivious Pseudorandom Functions (OPRFs) Using Prime-Order Groups
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9381: Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9591: The Flexible Round-Optimized Schnorr Threshold (FROST) Protocol for Two-Round Schnorr Signatures
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9496: The ristretto255 and decaf448 Groups
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9807: The OPAQUE Augmented Password-Authenticated Key Exchange (aPAKE) Protocol