HPR3800: NIST Quantum Cryptography Update 20221008

Summary: The process NIST initiated in 2016 continues as it looks for encryption algorithms that will be secure against the anticipated arrival of practical quantum computing. In this update I report on the first 4 Candidates to be Standardized, and the timeline for completion. It is coming faster than you may have realized. Links: https://miracl.com/blog/backdoors-in-nist-elliptic-curves/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography https://www.zwilnik.com/security-and-privacy/encryption-and-quantum-computing/ http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=2860 https://www.zwilnik.com/security-and-privacy/nists-quantum-cryptography-update-20200815/ http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3147 https://csrc.nist.gov/News/2016/Post-Quantum-Cryptography-Proposed-Requirements https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/selected-algorithms-2022 https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography/round-4-submissions https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/pqc-dig-sig/standardization/call-for-proposals https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/post-quantum-cryptography-qa-nists-matt-scholl https://thehackernews.com/2022/07/nist-announces-first-four-quantum.html https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/post-quantum-cryptography https://www.zwilnik.com/security-and-privacy/nist-quantum-cryptography-update-20221008/