Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

What Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process requires

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process. The new public-key cryptography standards will specify additional digital signature, public-key encryption, and key-establishment algorithms to augment Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-4, as well as NIST Special Publications SP 800-56A and SP 800-56B. It is intended that these algorithms will be capable of protecting sensitive information well into the foreseeable future, including after the advent of quantum computers. This report describes the evaluation and selection process of the third-round candidates based on public feedback and internal review, summarizing each of the 15 candidates. The public-key encryption and key-establishment algorithm that will be standardized is CRYSTALS-KYBER. The digital signatures that will be standardized are CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+. While multiple signature algorithms were selected, NIST recommends CRYSTALS-Dilithium as the primary algorithm to be implemented. Additionally, four alternate key-establishment candidate algorithms-BIKE, Classic McEliece, HQC, and SIKE-will advance to a fourth round of evaluation and are still being considered for future standardization. NIST will also issue a new Call for Proposals for public-key digital signature algorithms to augment and diversify its signature portfolio.

Pillar: Aviation, Defense & Quantum · Authority: National Institute of Standards and Technology · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated: 2022-09-29

Primary source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2022/NIST.IR.8413.pdf

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• Abstract: The public-key encryption and key-establishment algorithm that will be standardized is CRYSTALS-KYBER. The digital signatures that will be standardized are CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+.
• Abstract: While there are multiple signature algorithms selected, NIST recommends CRYSTALS-Dilithium as the primary algorithm to be implemented.

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