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Microsoft Windows 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061
Windows 10 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first.
Windows 10 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first.
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Windows 10 must be configured to prioritize ECC Curves with longer key lengths first.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. By default Windows uses ECC curves with shorter key lengths first. Requiring ECC curves with longer key lengths to be prioritized first helps ensure more secure algorithms are used.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>