[Rats] Quantum-safe attestation

Laurence Lundblade <lgl@island-resort.com> Mon, 24 August 2020 18:04 UTC

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Subject: [Rats] Quantum-safe attestation
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We probably want RATS architecture to be able to use quantum-safe algorithms. On low cost and low speed devices that might mean HMAC is used since SHA-2 and such seem to be quantum-safe. On higher cost and higher speed devices there may be alternatives that look more like PKI.

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