Today we’d like to give a quick shout out to Igor Barshteyn! He is a long time and active member of the cryptography and information security communities. His interests are very apparent in his posts on LinkedIn.
Besides sleuthing out the the NIST post-quantum draft standards the day before their release and a multitude of other interesting posts, he has come up with a script to allow for easy experimentation in wolfSSL with post-quantum algorithms hybridized with NIST ECC curves in our fips-ready releases. But why would he do that?
Well, if you’re interested in cryptographic compliance, then you will know that the NSA’s CNSA 2.0 guidance requires the use of Kyber. You’ll also know that FIPS 140-2/3 requires the use of FIPS approved ECC curves for key exchange. Moreover, NIST has stated that an ECC key exchange done in a FIPS 140 approved mode of operation can be hybridized a with a post-quantum algorithm and still be considered in a FIPS 140 approved mode of operation. See FQAs for more detail.
Are you curious to see how hybrid FIPS 140 approved mode of key exchange hybridized with the CNSA 2.0 approved Kyber will perform in your environment or on your system? You can find out today!! Check out Igor’s post which has great instructions and a link to his script!Are you curious to see how hybrid FIPS 140 approved mode of key exchange hybridized with the CNSA 2.0 approved Kyber will perform in your environment or on your system? You can find out today!! Check out Igor’s post which has great instructions and a link to his script!
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