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Does NIST require submissions to be free (as in open software)? Or is this going to be a bunch of advertising for proprietary patented algorithms?
by Klathmon 9y ago
Does NIST require submissions to be free (as in open software)?
Or is this going to be a bunch of advertising for proprietary patented algorithms?
- pkaye 9y agoYou can read their Intellectual Property statements here. https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/Post-Quantum-Cryptography/documents/call-for-proposals-final-dec-2016.pdf https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/Projects/Post-Quantum-Crypt.... They will allow patents but their goal seems to be a royalty-free implementation.
- IncRnd 9y agoThis is to form PQC (post quantum crypto) algorithms driven by the industry. In practice, as long as quantum computers don't both work and become scalable in the interim, you have another 4 years to worry about recommendations.
- mulmen 9y agoThat's not really true though is it? What about any of my data that is encrypted today with a non-PQC algorithm and has been intercepted? If quantum computers become functional and scalable while that data is still of value to me then I need to worry.
- IncRnd 9y agoYes, it's true. I spoke about future pqc recommendations from NIST at a scheduled time. I never said there was nothing to worry about, but that NIST's future pqc recommendations don't need to be worried about today. You are making a reference to something other than the pqc future recommendations from NIST. Of course, if the agility is low, requiring a large ramp up time, a company can turn to the CNSA values today. As you point out, working scalability is the issue. Even when there is a computer than can run grover or schor over something, the number of qubits will be the issue.