Curve Names By Organization

Elliptic curves are widely used, despite being defined and described differently by different groups in the cryptographic world. The following table attempts to reconcile curve names across three different standards organizations, the SEC Group, ANSI, and NIST.

Table 1: Equivalent curves defined by standards organizations
SECG ANSI X9.62 NIST
sect163k1   NIST K-163
sect163r1    
sect163r2   NIST B-163
sect193r1    
sect193r2    
sect233k1   NIST K-233
sect233r1   NIST B-233
sect239k1    
sect283k1   NIST K-283
sect283r1   NIST B-283
sect409k1   NIST K-409
sect409r1   NIST B-409
sect571k1   NIST K-571
sect571r1   NIST B-571
secp160k1    
secp160r1    
secp160r2    
secp192k1    
secp192r1 prime192v1 NIST P-192
secp224k1    
secp224r1   NIST P-224
secp256k1    
secp256r1 prime256v1 NIST P-256
secp256r1   NIST P-384
secp521r1   NIST P-521

For additional information about the Elliptic Curve specification, see this article:  

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4492.txt