On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 08:32:43PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Great to see the community making progress with post-quantum handshakes. But > I'm wondering what's going to happen with Proposals #269 and #270.
If you consult the current proposal-status.txt in the torspec repository [0], you will find the following: "Currently needs revision to specify how this proposal depends upon prop#269." > #269 seems > to allow any post-quantum algorithm to be used in the hybrid with NTRUEncrypt > and NewHope being specified as two options (presumably other options like > SIDH or Mceliece could also be used). #270 is more specific, a hybrid of > x25519 and NewHope. NewHope seems to be in the lead but do we want to rule > others - so a flexible proposal like #269 might be better. #269 and #270 look > as if they would not be compatible with each other so what's the process for > deciding between them? Cheers, Henry de Valence [0]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/diff/proposals/proposal-status.txt?id=875fdaecd544bd477edfa3ee98ec7458f53583ed _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
