Re: [saag] [Cfrg] Homomorphic Encryption Standardization – Side Meeting

[Tony Rutkowski <[e-mail]>]

Hi Phil et al.,

You might be interested that there were no less than ten input documents 
on homomorphic encryption for new standards going into the SG17 meeting 
that just wrapped up today.  best, tony

TD 	[ 2867-PLEN ] 	New baseline text for X.tfmpc: Technical framework 
for Secure Multi-Party Computation 	Editor
TD 	[ 2897-PLEN ] 	Proposal for new work item: Security guidelines for 
FHE-based data collaboration in machine learning 	Rapporteur Q4/17
TD 	[ 2694-PLEN ] 	LS/i on Initial draft Supplement on Network 2030 
Services: Capabilities, performance and design of new communications 
services for the Network 2030 applications [from ITU-T SG13] 	ITU-T 
Study Group 13
C 	[ 798 ] 	Revised baseline text for X.fdip, Framework of 
de-identification processing service for telecommunication service 
providers (for determination) 	Korea (Rep. of)
C 	[ 859 ] 	Proposed Modifications to X.fdip (Framework of 
de-identification process for telecommunication service providers) 
United Kingdom
TD 	[ 2850-PLEN ] 	Revised baseline text for X.fdip: Framework of 
de-identification process for telecommunication service providers 	Editor
C 	[ 845 ] 	Proposal for new work item: Security guidelines for 
FHE-based machine learning 	Electronics and Telecommunications Research 
Institute (ETRI) (Korea (Rep. of))
TD 	[ 2529-PLEN ] 	LS/i/r on AI (Artificial Intelligence)/ML (Machine 
Learning) and security (SG17-LS142) [from FG-AI4H] 	FG-AI4H
TD 	[ 2936-PLEN ] 	LS/o/r on AI (Artificial Intelligence)/ML (Machine 
Learning) and security (reply to FG-AI4H-LS1) [from FG-AI4H] 	ITU-T 
Study Group 17
C 	[ 776 ] 	Revised baseline text for X.sra-dlt : Security framework to 
Distributed Ledger Technology 	Korea (Rep. of)


On 2020-03-26 2:22 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 5:03 PM Yaron Sheffer <[e-mail] 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>     Apologies for cross-posting.
>
>     Dear IETFers,
>
>     We would like to introduce the work of the Homomorphic Encryption
>     Standardization consortium [1] to the IETF and IRTF community, and
>     solicit feedback about the next steps to standardize this
>     encryption technology. This was originally intended as an IETF-107
>     side meeting, instead we will hold it as a virtual meeting the
>     week after IETF-107.
>
>     Date/time: Tue March 31, 10:00-11:00 PST, 13:00-14:00 EST,
>     17:00-18:00 UTC, 20:00-21:00 IL.
>
>
> I would like to see this brought into IRTF as soon as possible either 
> as part of CFRG or as a separate effort.
>
> Right now the canon of commercial cryptography uses only the 
> primitives developed up to 1990 (hash chains). I am currently trying 
> to persuade people to make use of threshold cryptography techniques 
> that were developed in the mid 90s. We need to get out of the habit of 
> waiting 25 years for new cryptographic primitives to mature before we 
> start looking at them.
>
> We should stop asking 'does anyone need this' and instead ask 'is this 
> useful'.
>
> The other reason for bringing it into IRTF is that we really do need a 
> clear IPR regime or else things can get ugly and efforts can stall.
>
>
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