Sophia Antipolis, France, 6 October 2021
The ETSI CYBER Quantum Safe Cryptography committee is pleased to announce the publication of two Technical Reports that give descriptions of each of the candidate schemes in the third round of the NIST standardization process:
- ETSI TR 103 616 V1.1.1 (2021-09) “Quantum-Safe Signatures”
- ETSI TR 103 823 V1.1.1 (2021-09) “Quantum-Safe Public Key Encryption and Key Encapsulation”
The descriptions contained in the reports are not intended to be used as substitutes for the detailed specifications submitted to the NIST process. Instead, the emphasis is on providing unified, concise descriptions of each of the schemes, using consistent notation and terminology, to facilitate understanding and easy comparison.
Both reports contain annexes that provide additional information on important related topics, such as relevant security properties, proofs of security, and costing and cryptanalysis.
The reports are aimed at anyone with an interest in post-quantum cryptography who wants to understand and compare the leading candidates for standardization.
