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. 2014 Jun 10;14(6):10081–10106. doi: 10.3390/s140610081

Table 1.

ECC key sizes compared with other PKC schemes.

Security (bits) ECC RSA/DH/DSA MIPS-Years to Attack Protection Lifetime
80 160 1,024 1012 until 2010
112 224 2,048 1024 until 2030
128 256 3,072 1028 beyond 2031
192 384 7,680 1047 beyond 2031
256 512 15,360 1066 beyond 2031