[pkng] Possible research areas for pkng
"Polk, William T." <william.polk@nist.gov> Thu, 12 November 2009 07:01 UTC
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Folks, While I am not losing any sleep over quantum computing, success in this technology area would be a real game changer for PKI. There is a set of algorithms that are plausibly quantum resistant, but they are generally unsuitable for X.509 style PKI. Keys are huge with one algorithm, and can only be used to generate limited numbers of signatures with another. I would be very interested in any work that explored alternative infrastructures better suited to these algorithms. It behooves us to be ready... Tim Polk
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