The seccure toolset implements a selection of asymmetric
algorithms based on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC). In
particular it offers public key encryption / decryption,
signature generation / verification and key establishment.
ECC schemes offer a much better key size to security ratio
than classical systems (RSA, DSA). Keys are short enough to
make direct specification of keys on the command line possible
(sometimes this is more convenient than the management of
PGP-like key rings). seccure builds on this feature and
therefore is the tool of choice whenever lightweight
asymmetric cryptography -- independent of key servers,
revocation certificates, the Web of Trust or even
configuration files -- is required.
