• [$] HTTPS certificates in the age of quantum computing

    From LWN.net@618:250/24 to All on Thu Mar 12 06:40:09 2026


    There has been ongoing discussion in the

    Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
    about how to protect internet traffic against future quantum computers. So far, that work has focused on key exchange as the most urgent problem; now,

    a new IETF working group is looking at adopting post-quantum cryptography
    for authentication and certificate transparency as well. The main challenge to doing so is the increased size of
    certificates - around 40 times larger. The techniques that the working group is investigating
    to reduce that overhead could have efficiency benefits for traditional certificates as well.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1060941/
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