[rfc-dist] RFC 8554 on Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures
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Subject: [rfc-dist] RFC 8554 on Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 8554 Title: Leighton-Micali Hash-Based Signatures Author: D. McGrew, M. Curcio, S. Fluhrer Status: Informational Stream: IRTF Date: April 2019 Mailbox: mcgrew@cisco.com, micurcio@cisco.com, sfluhrer@cisco.com Pages: 61 Characters: 135954 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-mcgrew-hash-sigs-15.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8554 DOI: 10.17487/RFC8554 This note describes a digital-signature system based on cryptographic hash functions, following the seminal work in this area of Lamport, Diffie, Winternitz, and Merkle, as adapted by Leighton and Micali in 1995. It specifies a one-time signature scheme and a general signature scheme. These systems provide asymmetric authentication without using large integer mathematics and can achieve a high security level. They are suitable for compact implementations, are relatively simple to implement, and are naturally resistant to side-channel attacks. Unlike many other signature systems, hash-based signatures would still be secure even if it proves feasible for an attacker to build a quantum computer. This document is a product of the Crypto Forum Research Group (CFRG) in the IRTF. This has been reviewed by many researchers, both in the research group and outside of it. The Acknowledgements section lists many of them. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce, rfc-dist and IRTF-Announce lists.To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/irtf-announce For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/bulk Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ rfc-dist mailing list rfc-dist@rfc-editor.org https://www.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist http://www.rfc-editor.org