[CFRG] Re: Progressing NTRUPrime/Classic McEliece drafts

[Quynh Dang <[e-mail]>]

Hi all,



Below is my personal view which does not imply any view from NIST or
anybody else.



I think the CFRG needs to run a competition process to select a
lattice-based KEM to provide a good option for the users who don’t want to
use ML-KEM or NIST’s standardized cryptographic methods generally.



At least there are 2 candidates we all know right now which are NTRU ( see
here https://www.ntru.org/) and Streamlined NTRU Prime (see here
https://ntruprime.cr.yp.to/) . There are important differences between
them; they are not “about” the same. Something is true with NTRU does not
mean it is automatically true with Streamlined NTRU Prime (security,
performance or IPR etc.).



Here are the reports of the second and third rounds of NIST's KEM selection
process which had both candidates:
https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2020/NIST.IR.8309.pdf  and
https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2022/NIST.IR.8413-upd1.pdf .



It would be very useful to have performance data of  (many) different
implementations of the options of NTRU and Streamlined NTRU Prime on (many)
different platforms including constrained ones beside the data we received
during the first 3 rounds.



Regards,

Quynh.

PS: I don’t plan to spend my time replying to potential messages asking me
all sorts of things. My apologies in advance if I don't reply to your
messages.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM John Mattsson <john.mattsson=
[e-mail]> wrote:

> I agree that CFRG should prioritize things that are likely to be adopted
> by IETF, but I think it is important that CFRG is not limited to things
> that have a current customer in the IETF. This would be too limiting for an
> RG. CFRG must be able to work on things that are likely to be useful by the
> IETF long-term.
>
> John
>
>
>
> *From: *Kris Kwiatkowski <[e-mail]>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 12:30
> *To: *[e-mail] <[e-mail]>
> *Subject: *[CFRG] Re: Progressing NTRUPrime/Classic McEliece drafts
>
> i haven't seen anyone suggest that CFRG should not publish its own
>
> specifications regardless of what NIST does. That's certainly not
>
> my position. That would be an odd position to take as CFRG has
>
> already done this a number of times.
>
> For primitives like LMS, XMSS, and HKDF, it was IETF that originally
> developed the specifications, with NIST later incorporating them into its
> standards.
>
> +1 for CFRG focuses on defining primitives that are likely to be adopted
> by IETF, ensuring they are well-vetted before becoming part of widely used
> protocols.
>
>
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