Re: [Qirg] Other Security-Related Activities related to Quantum Computing...

Diego,

I will be in Montreal also & would be interested.

Nalini

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 3:39 AM JW <jw@pcthink.com> wrote:

> Hi Diego,
>
> I will be in Montreal and am interested in discussing this among other
> qirg topics.
>
> /John
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Diego R. Lopez" <diego.r.lopez@telefonica.com>
>
> Hi Max and you qirgers,
>
>
>
> I came through this message while doing my review of pending emails for
> the coming IETF (what, as you can see, it is difficult for me to do on a
> timely manner…) and it made me think, together with some discussions I had
> during the IETF 104 Hackathon, that some of the experiments we have
> recently made on our metro infrastructure in Madrid could be of interest to
> the group, and that we could even prepare a document for the QIRG
> documenting them, and making some proposals based on them.
>
>
>
> Since I see no QIRG meeting this time, I was wondering if some of you
> would be interested in exploring this way and have an initial discussion on
> it.
>
>
>
> Be goode,
>
>
>
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>
>
> Dr Diego R. Lopez
>
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> On 26/03/2019, 19:17, "Qirg on behalf of Dr. Pala" <qirg-bounces@irtf.org
> on behalf of madwolf@openca.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi QIRG,
>
> I just wanted to provide a very short summary of some of the efforts that
> are going on, today, and that are aimed at mitigating the (possible)
> factorization threats for "classic" algorithms in cryptography. The work is
> not focused on the use of Quantum-Based techniques, but to provide a way to
> protect our trust infrastructures (PKIs) today and in the long run. In a
> nutshell, we are working on two different time-horizons.
>
> *For short-term solution*, the use of PSKs mixed with PublicKey
> cryptography provides the possibility to secure data today that is
> "quantum-resistant". This leaves the distribution of the PSK quite an open
> problem that might be solved with QKD where possible/available.
>
> *For the long term*, there are two different activities going on right
> now.
>
> *The first activity* is about selecting the set of algorithms that can be
> proven to be secure in a post quantum-computing world. Hash-based
> signatures have already been standardized, however other schemes that can
> provide different characteristics (e.g., encryption, key exchange, etc.).
> Although the process has been going on for a while, it will take several
> more years to identify the best ones.
>
> *The second activity* (for the long run) is how to provide hybrid
> infrastructures that can use "traditional" and "quantum-resistant"
> cryptography together. The approach is meant to provide (a) backward
> compatibility (as much as possible) for devices that, today, do not
> understand the new algorithms, (b) provide protection for high-value target
> (e.g., Root and Intermediate CAs), and (c) integrate the use of the hybrid
> approach to protect all parts of a PKI: *not only certificates but also
> revocation information and provisioning services*.
>
> I know this is orthogonal with the work that the group has focused on so
> far (nothing to do with transmitting (q)-bits on the fiber or networking),
> however I think it might be useful for people on the list to have an
> overview of other quantum-related activities from the security area.
>
> *Last but not least, I want to thank again for the organization of the
> workshop - unfortunately I could attend only the first half because of
> conflicts, but I really liked the lecture and I wanted to thank again
> everybody!*
>
> Cheers,
> Max
>
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> Best Regards,
>
> Massimiliano Pala, Ph.D.
> OpenCA Labs Director
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