NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit against the US government

Re:NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit aga... by chasil on Saturday August 06, 2022 @03:48AM (#32365949)

That would make it seem that the lengthy hybrid discussion in the blog is a misdirection.

I will grant you that this does support your argument.

EDIT: Actually, what you have said does not seem at all correct.

In DJB's Apon complaint, we find this text:

'For example, in email to pqc-forum dated 30 Oct 2019 15:38:10 +0000 (2019), NIST posted technical comments regarding hybrid encryption modes and asked for feedback “either here on the pqc-forum or by contacting us at [email protected]” (emphasis added).'

If hybrid encryption is entirely beyond the purview of the NIST PQC competition, then why did this discussion and feedback request ever take place?

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Re:NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit aga... by tptacek on Saturday August 06, 2022 @10:21AM (#32368335)

Look, I'm just not going to dignify the argument that there is somehow some controversy over the NIST PQC contest not recommending higher-level constructions to plug PQC KEMs into Curve25519 key exchanges. I get that this seems like a super interesting controversy to you, because Bernstein's blog post is misleading you, but this simply isn't a real controversy.

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Re:NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit aga... by chasil on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:20PM (#32369873)

Hopefully, the judge will help, as before.

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Re:NSA, NIST, and post-quantum crypto: my second lawsuit aga... by tptacek on Saturday August 06, 2022 @03:40PM (#32370938)

It's somewhat unlikely that there will even be a judge here.

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