RFC 9935 on Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure - Algorithm Identifiers for the Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM)

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        RFC 9935

        Title:      Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure - 
                    Algorithm Identifiers for the Module-Lattice-Based 
                    Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) 
        Author:     S. Turner,
                    P. Kampanakis,
                    J. Massimo,
                    B. E. Westerbaan
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       March 2026
        Mailbox:    sean@sn3rd.com,
                    kpanos@amazon.com,
                    jakemas@amazon.com,
                    bas@westerbaan.name
        Pages:      71
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-lamps-kyber-certificates-11.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9935

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC9935

The Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) is a
quantum-resistant Key Encapsulation Mechanism. This document
specifies the conventions for using the ML-KEM in X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure. The conventions for the subject public keys and
private keys are also specified.

This document is a product of the Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

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