[curves] Post-quantum Axolotl

Tanja Lange tanja at hyperelliptic.org
Wed Jul 22 10:24:00 PDT 2015


>     Is there a good Diffie-Hellman analog for NTRU?
> 
> There's post-quantum algorithms like Ring LWE:
> 
> https://eprint.iacr.org/2014/599.pdf
> 
> I'd also note NTRU is patented. The patents are free to use, but only for GPLv3
> programs.
> 
Looking worse for LWE-"DH" :-(

"Provisional application-New Improvements on Key Exchange Using LWE & RLWE . Jintai Ding. Submitted: 06/20/2014 (Inventor)."
from 
http://www.artsci.uc.edu/departments/math/fac_staff.html?eid=dingji

[not saying that I otherwise endorse the system but the patent application
is chilling]

> Also I'm not really sure this is all on topic for "curves"
> 
true ...

All the best
	Tanja


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