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liboqs master branch version 0.1.0

About

The Open Quantum Safe (OQS) project has the goal of developing and prototyping quantum-resistant cryptography. More information on OQS can be found on our website: https://openquantumsafe.org/ and on Github at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/.

liboqs is an open source C library for quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms.

This branch of liboqs (master branch) aims to selectively incorporate allegedly quantum-resistant key encapsulation mechanisms and signature schemes, for the purposes of integration into a common API for liboqs-reliant applications. Details about liboqs master branch can be found in README.md. See in particular limitations on intended use and acceptance criteria.

This branch of liboqs can be used with the following Open Quantum Safe application integrations:

  • OpenSSL 1.0.2: A prototype integration of liboqs-based key exchange into TLS 1.2 in our fork of OpenSSL 1.0.2; see the OQS-OpenSSL-1_0_2-stable branch of our OpenSSL fork's repository.
  • OpenSSL 1.1.1: A prototype integration of liboqs-based key exchange and authentication into TLS 1.3 in our fork of OpenSSL 1.1.1; see the OQS-OpenSSL-1_1_1-stable branch of our OpenSSL fork's repository.
  • OpenSSH 7.7 portable 1: A prototype integration of liboqs-based key exchange into SSH in our fork of OpenSSH 7.7; see the OQS-master branch of our OpenSSH fork's repository.

Release notes

This release of liboqs master branch was released on November 13, 2018. Its release page on GitHub is https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/releases/tag/master-0.1.0.

What's New

This is the first release of liboqs master branch.

This branch of liboqs aims to selectively incorporate allegedly quantum-resistant key encapsulation mechanisms and signature schemes, for the purposes of integration into a common API for liboqs-reliant applications. Implementations on this branch must meet certain acceptance criteria as indicated in README.md.

Key encapsulation mechanisms

The following KEMs are present in this liboqs master release:

  • BIKE, based on quasi-cyclic syndrome decoding; 9 parameterizations: BIKE1-L1, BIKE1-L3, BIKE1-L5, BIKE2-L1, BIKE2-L3, BIKE2-L5, BIKE3-L1, BIKE3-L3, BIKE3-L5
  • FrodoKEM, based on learning with errors; 4 parameterizations: FrodoKEM-640-AES, FrodoKEM-640-cSHAKE, FrodoKEM-976-AES, FrodoKEM-976-cSHAKE
  • NewHopeNIST, based on ring learning with errors; 2 parameterizations: NewHope-512-CCA-KEM, NewHope-1024-CCA-KEM
  • SIKE and SIDH, based on the supersingular isogeny walk problem; 4 parameterizations: Sike-p503, Sike-p751, Sidh-p503, Sidh-p751

Digital signature schemes

The following signature schemes are present in this liboqs master release:

  • Picnic: based on hash function and key recovery security of lowMC block cipher; 6 parameterizations: picnic_L1_FS, picnic_L1_UR, picnic_L3_FS, picnic_L3_UR, picnic_L5_FS, picnic_L5_UR
  • qTESLA, based on ring learning with errors; 3 parameterizations: qTESLA_I, qTESLA_III_size, qTESLA_III_speed

Future work

Releases of liboqs master branch will be made every 2 to 3 months. Details about the algorithm lifecycle of master branch can be found in README.md. Plans for the next release can be found online at https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs/projects/12.