What does Intel IPP status -178 (ippStsEphemeralKeyErr) mean?

 
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ippStsEphemeralKeyErr

This ECC status concerns the ephemeral key used by the current operation, not necessarily the long-term private key stored by the application. It commonly points to per-message or per-session key generation, import, or domain mismatch.

For ECDH and ECDSA-style flows, the temporary scalar or point must be valid for the selected curve. A reused, truncated, all-zero, out-of-range, or wrong-curve value can break the operation before any peer data is processed.

Where to look first

  • The random generator and retry logic that produced the ephemeral value.
  • The curve/domain selected when the context was initialized.
  • Serialization boundaries between big-endian byte strings and internal IPP structures.

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