# [RustCrypto]: SEC1 Elliptic Curve Cryptography Formats
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## About
Pure Rust implementation of [SEC1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography] encoding
formats including ASN.1 DER-serialized private keys (also described in
[RFC5915]) as well as the `Elliptic-Curve-Point-to-Octet-String` and
`Octet-String-to-Elliptic-Curve-Point` encoding algorithms.
## Minimum Supported Rust Version (MSRV) Policy
MSRV increases are not considered breaking changes and can happen in patch releases.
The crate MSRV accounts for all supported targets and crate feature combinations, excluding
explicitly unstable features.
## License
Licensed under either of:
* [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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### Contribution
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dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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[RustCrypto]: https://github.com/rustcrypto
[SEC1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography]: https://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf
[RFC5915]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5915