I am so glad that dilithium crystals are providing protection for the future. Long live Star Trek.
Rob On Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 01:08 Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has > announced four algorithms as new NIST standards in quantum-safe > cryptography. The four winning algorithms are: > > CRYSTALS-Kyber public-key encryption ("general encryption") > CRYSTALS-Dilithium digital signatures > FALCON digital signatures > SPHINCS+ digital signatures > > "....NIST recommends CRYSTALS-Dilithium as the primary [digital signature] > algorithm, with FALCON for applications that need smaller signatures than > Dilithium can provide." SPHINCS+ is "somewhat larger and slower than the > other two" digital signature algorithms. NIST views SPHINCS+ as a "backup" > algorithm to Dilithium and FALCON. > > IBM researchers developed CRYSTALS-Kyber, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, and FALCON > in collaboration with industry and academic partners. They are already > available in some IBM products including the new IBM z16 servers. (Previous > generations can of course use software implementations, and for many > generations of IBM zSystems/LinuxONE servers the classic algorithms that > are quantum-safe, such as AES-256, also enjoy deep hardware support.) > > The significance of this NIST announcement is that you can (and should) > start evaluating your systems and software for quantum safety if you > haven't started already. There's still some more work on the standards > front (such as an update to TLS) that's expected, but NIST's announcement > is big news. > > NIST hasn't been able to settle on a "backup" algorithm to CRYSTALS-Kyber > yet, so NIST is leaving the door open for further refinement and evaluation > of four candidate "general encryption" algorithms. > > For more information.... > > > https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/07/nist-announces-first-four-quantum-resistant-cryptographic-algorithms > https://research.ibm.com/blog/nist-quantum-safe-protocols > > — — — — — > Timothy Sipples > Senior Architect > Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity > IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
