> By convention the key size for ECC is given as the number of bits in the order. > E.g. see table 3 in SEC 1.
Could you please provide a reference to document, defining this convention? Unfortunatelly table 3 in section B.2.1 of SEC 1 (both v1 and v2) shows only comparison of "security level" of diffefent algorithmsm and not related to the questions. >