[FEATURE REQUEST] <title> Add Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) Algorithm

[SaiSrujanReddyP]

What would you like to Propose?

I would like to propose adding an implementation of the Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) algorithm to the ciphers section of the repository. Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a widely-used public-key encryption technique that provides strong security with smaller key sizes compared to RSA. It is essential in modern cryptographic protocols, including SSL/TLS, blockchain (Bitcoin, Ethereum), and digital signatures (ECDSA). The implementation will include point addition, scalar multiplication, key generation, encryption, decryption, and ECDSA.

Issue details

The repository currently lacks an implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). My implementation includes:

Elliptic Curve Operations: Point addition and scalar multiplication, which are essential for ECC's cryptographic functions.
Key Generation: Generating public and private keys using elliptic curve cryptographic methods.
Encryption and Decryption: Encrypting data using a recipient's public key and decrypting it with the corresponding private key.
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA): Implementing the signing and verification of digital signatures, a practical use of ECC in real-world applications.

Additional Information

ECC provides strong security with smaller key sizes compared to traditional algorithms like RSA, making it ideal for resource-constrained devices and modern cryptographic protocols.

[ShreeHarish]

I would like to work on this

[SaiSrujanReddyP]

@ShreeHarish Great.. But I already have the code ready with me I am just waiting for approval to work on it.

[ShreeHarish]

My bad, I searched for pull requests regarding this issue number and couldnt find any. Hence I started working on it.

[SaiSrujanReddyP]

No worries, there a lot of other issues you can work on. I hope you find yours , good luck.

[siriak]

Sounds great, let's add it!

[SaiSrujanReddyP]

@siriak please assign this issue to me.

[SaiSrujanReddyP]

Please add hacktoberfest and hacktoberfest-accepted labels to this issue now and PR after I am done with merging it.

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