Module signing and post-quantum crypto public key algorithms

Stephan Mueller smueller at chronox.de
Fri Jun 13 17:55:12 UTC 2025


Am Freitag, 13. Juni 2025, 19:50:22 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb James 
Bottomley:

Hi James,

> On Fri, 2025-06-13 at 13:33 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > Premise: this problem can't be ignored, even if you think Quantum
> > Computers are BS, various government regulations are pushing all
> > commercial entities to require PQ signatures, so we have to deal with
> > this problem.
> 
> I agree it's coming, but there's currently no date for post quantum
> requirement in FIPS, which is the main driver for this.

Perhaps [1] should be considered if you refer to FIPS?

Further, [2] also gives a timeline.

[1] https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/ir/8547/ipd

[2] https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/News-Highlights/Article/Article/3148990/
nsa-releases-future-quantum-resistant-qr-algorithm-requirements-for-national-
se/

Ciao
Stephan





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