From: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/12/nist-asks-public-help-future-p... https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/20/2016-30615/announcing-r... http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/post-quantum-crypto/minimum-accept-reqs.html The middle article doesn't define what is a "public-key post-quantum standards." Just as a guess, I'm thinking this is a public-key system that is resistant to quantum-computation methods. True? But how do we know? Jim Bell
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 2:10 AM, jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
The middle article doesn't define what is a "public-key post-quantum standards." Just as a guess, I'm thinking this is a public-key system that is resistant to quantum-computation methods. True? But how do we know?
They want PQC backed versions of functionality of three existing Standards FIPS 186-4, NIST SP 800-56A and NIST SP 800-56B. The CFP has some more general info... http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/post-quantum-crypto/documents/call-for-propos...
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