nist-pqc
3 posts tagged nist-pqc.
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How the NIST Finalists Broke: Rainbow in a Weekend, SIKE in an Afternoon, and the Graveyard of Post-Quantum Candidates
In 2022 two vetted NIST post-quantum candidates fell to classical math -- Rainbow in a weekend, SIKE in ten minutes. That is the process working, not failing.
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How the Whole Stack Would Break: SIDH, Correlated Assumptions, and the Cryptography We Are Betting the Next Thirty Years On
No post-quantum algorithm is proven hard. The stack's only real defense is a deliberately uncorrelated portfolio of lattice, code, and hash assumptions.
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How SLH-DSA Would Break: The Signature That Can Only Fall If a Hash Falls First
SLH-DSA has almost no attack surface of its own. A structural tour of FORS, WOTS+ hypertrees and tweakable hashes, and why it fails only if SHA-2 or SHAKE does.