ops it look like I kind of fat fingered , meant A quantum computer will break totally this (thanks to Shor's algorithm).
On Feb 1, 2016, at 10:27 AM, Antonio Sanso <[email protected]> wrote: > hi *, > > I know that this might sounds a bit crazy but I think that is time to kind of > think about Post Quantum Cryptography (and JOSE should not be left out). > But let me rewind a bit. > According to the last research (done from IBM et al) and NSA suggestions, > having a quantum computer is “only” 8/15 years from now (maybe earlier) > Taking as example JWS it support RSA signature. A quantum computer will break > computer will break totally this (thanks to Show algorithms). > Thinking about start to expand JWS specification to use some of the PQC is > not so inimmaginable IMHO. > For example having JWS supporting Hash based signatures would be a great move > (always IMHO :)) for JOSE and JWS. > > WDYT? > > antonio > > P.S. a great post about Hash based signatures and Merkle tree is at > https://www.imperialviolet.org/2013/07/18/hashsig.html > _______________________________________________ > jose mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/jose _______________________________________________ jose mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/jose
