Paper 2015/1018 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2015/1018 ↗
A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma
Abstract
In August 2015 the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) released a major policy statement on the need for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This announcement will be a great stimulus to the development, standardization, and commercialization of new quantumsafe algorithms. However, certain peculiarities in the wording and timing of the statement have puzzled many people and given rise to much speculation concerning the NSA, elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), and quantum-safe cryptography. Our purpose is to attempt to evaluate some of the theories that have been proposed.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Public-key cryptography
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2018-05-20: last updated
- 2015-10-21: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2015/1018
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2015/1018,
author = {Neal Koblitz and Alfred J. Menezes},
title = {A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2015/1018},
year = {2015},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1018}
}