On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:46 AM Niels Möller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> johnjmar <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Are there any plans for post-quantum algorithms implementation in the
> > library?
>
> No concrete plans, I'm afraid. Nettle is not close to the research
> frontier; a new algorithm is usually added when there's some consensus
> that it is are secure (after a few rounds of public cryptanalysis) and
> it starts to appear in standards. Most crypto algorithms have weaknesses
> when first proposed.
>
> ...
> If you (or anyone else on the list) are following research, I'd be happy
> to hear what algorithms or approaches you think are promising.

I believe Jack Lloyd is doing a good job with Botan. He's been
following research and keeping an eye on NIST workshops to determine
which algorithms that may be standardized.

Jeff
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